Where the Sun Don’t Shine
There are still places where the sun don’t shine, no matter what the sign says. Prankster plants fake nudist sign at popular non-naked Chicago beach, by Katherine Donlevy, New York Post, September 5,...
View Article“Joey Skaggs: Celebrity Sperm Bank” Nominated by Burbank Film Festival
“Joey Skaggs: Celebrity Sperm Bank”, which screened at the Burbank International Film Festival on Sunday, September 24, was nominated for Best Documentary Short Film. This is the story told by Joey...
View ArticleWho Are You Kidding?
Fox News reported on October 16, 2023: Bigfoot and Sasquatch: Longtime resident reveals legends, pranks after latest ‘proof’, By Chris Eberhart, October 16, 2023. Whoa! This doesn’t hold a candle to...
View ArticlePérez Art Museum Miami Exhibition, Perpetual Motion, Curated by Barbara...
The short film “Joey Skaggs: Celebrity Sperm Bank” is one of ten featured videos in Perpetual Motion, foundational media art curator Barbara London’s first streaming-on-demand exhibition at Pérez Art...
View ArticleGwyneth Paltrow, Move Over!
Art that’s skin deep. Marina Abramovi?’s Latest Performance Is Skincare, by Sarah Rose Sharp, Hyperalleric.com, January 17, 2024 “The artist is present, and standing by to take your credit card...
View Article“Joey Skaggs: The Solomon Project” to screen in two film festivals in Feb, 2024
San Francisco Independent Film Festival (SF IndieFest): Thursday, February 8-18, 2024. Online for 10 days. Tickets are here. New Jersey Film Festival, Spring 2024: Friday, February 9, 2024. In-Person...
View ArticleHow the Proliferation of Fake News Makes April Fools’ Day Every Day
5 tips for not getting tricked online this April Fools’ Day — and beyond April 1, 2004, by Rachel Treismanm, NPR Myths and misinformation run rampant on the internet all the time these days, but never...
View Article“Berlin Museum Removes All Artwork Depicting Rivers or Seas…”
Hyperallergic.com’s report on the state of the art world in 2024. Says Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor, “As the Venice Biennale approaches, Israel’s air force flattens all neighboring pavilions at the...
View ArticleNYC 39th Annual April Fools’ Day Parade (2024) Photos
The April Fools’ Day parade this year was led by a billboard truck projecting images of Joey Skaggs as the Grim Reaper with his Mobile Guillotine sculpture mounted on the back of a tricycle. The theme...
View Article“Joey Skaggs: The Solomon Project” to screen at Miami Web Fest May 2, 2024
“Joey Skaggs: The Solomon Project” (16:22) will screen at Miami Web Fest Thursday, May 2, 2024 as part of Screening Block #1 10:00 am to 12:30 pm NYFA, 420 Lincoln Rd., #300, Screening Room 321 Miami...
View ArticleJoey Skaggs on Film
ART OF THE PRANK, THE MOVIE: Andrea Marini’s award winning feature documentary about New York artist and activist Joey Skaggs JOEY SKAGGS SATIRE AND ART ACTIVISM, 1960s TO THE PRESENT AND BEYOND A new...
View ArticleSee Spot Run. Run Spot Run!
30 years ago, I perpetrated a media hoax called Dog Meat Soup in which, pretending to be a Korean entrepreneur, I solicited dog shelters for their unwanted dogs to be used as food for human...
View ArticleStop BioPEEP before it’s too late!
“Joey Skaggs: Stop BioPEEP,” the 10th film in the “Joey Skaggs Satire and Art Activism, 1960s to the Present and Beyond” oral history series, is screening at the New Jersey Film Festival at 7 pm on...
View ArticleHippie Bus Tour to Queens Remembered!
Exclusive from the Joey Skaggs Vault! September 22, 1968, Joey Skaggs took 60 bearded, beaded, long haired camera toting hippies on the Hippie Bus Tour to Queens, giving the “squares” a taste of their...
View Article“Joey Skaggs: The Solomon Project” Wins Best TV/Web Episode
29 years ago, Joey Skaggs created The Solomon Project, a series of super computers utilizing AI to replace the entire American judicial system… What could possibly go wrong? Last month (September...
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