The first culuture jam: I'm sure there is much debate on which was the very first culture jam. I found one website that said that the first account of a culture jam occured Just after World War 2 when the South Pacific islanders created mock B-17's out of coke and spam cans to represent the garbage that dominated their skies during war-times. I wish I could find a photo of this interesting art work but unfortunately I was limited to showing you a real picture of a B-17.
Most influential Jam:
I'm sure this question is also highly debated. I couldn't find a website that told me point blank what the most influential culture jam was. I did, however, find a site that gave me the name of a group of highly influential jammists. So that will have to do. They are the Situationists, led by Guy Debord who debuted in the 60's.
The situationalists began as a group af artists who merged controvertial poem lyrics into song. From here they went on to establishing their own magazine. This wasn't enough for the situationalists, however; they then formed an eternal festival. From here emerged, movies, books, journals, etc. Guy Debord is said to be one of the most influential men of all time. The following is telegram the situationalists sent to the Communist Party of the USSR...
SHAKE IN YOUR SHOES BUREAUCRATS STOP THE INTERNATIONAL POWER OF THE WORKERS' COUNCILS WILL SOON WIPE YOU OUT STOP HUMANITY WILL NOT BE HAPPY UNTIL THE LAST BUREAU- CRAT IS HUNG WITH THE GUTS OF THE LAST CAPITALIST STOP LONG LIVE THE STRUGGLE OF THE KRONSTADT SAILORS AND OF THE MAKHNOVSCHINA AGAINST TROTSKY AND LENIN STOP LONG LIVE THE 1956 COUNCILIST INSURRECTION OF BUDAPEST STOP DOWN WITH THE STATE STOP
The most damaging:
I typed this into google and one of the first things that came up were McDonalds culture jam. And now that I think about it, the most of culture jams that I've ever seen were targeting Maccas.
Isn't it funny that even though this is the most damaged company in terms of culture jamming, it remains the most popular fast food place in all of the world. Gets you thinking, is there even a point to cultutre jamming?
1. Sam Williams, New York. (1999). Culture jamming 2.0 retrieved from
http://www2.inow.com/~sam/cultjam2.html
2. Peter Marshell, Demanding the impossible. (1992). A history of Anarchism retrieved from
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/obituary/debord.html
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