Counterintelligence: The Yes Men + Subvertisers + Copyright Criminals

Sat, Sep 3
Free beer 8 pm, program 8:30 pm
$5

Other Cinema opens with:

Counterintelligence

The Yes Men + Subvertisers + Copyright Criminals

Here's a battery of short guerrilla interventions that (monkey-) =

wrench open a space of creativity and critique amidst the Spectacle. =

Acting as emcee is our avuncular advocate Stoney Burke, bringing =

back, on the occasion of its 15th anniversary his watershed jam =

Stoney Does Houston.

ALSO: Righteous media pranks by our favorite political stuntmen, the =

Yes Men, including the now-notorious Dow Chemical Hoax. PLUS Kembrew =

McLeod/Ben Franzen's Copyright Criminals (trailer), a smart and =

savvy salvo against intellectual-property bozos. AND: Mike Seely/ =

Sarah Eberhardt's Subvertisers essays into an energized update on =

culture-jamming activities, with appearances by the Billboard =

Liberation Front and Kalle Lasn of Adbusters. Doors open at 8pm for =

free beer and a preview of the new Animal Charm DVD!

Full Other Cinema fall schedule at

www.othercinema.com/f05frame.htm

Related links

stoneyspeaks.com

www.theyesmen.org

www.kembrew.com ( free download of Freedom of Expression=AE: =

Overzealous Copyright Bozos and Other Enemies of Creativity at

kembrew.com/books/ )

www.animalcharm.com/menu.htm

Subvertisers

Michael Seely, Sarah Eberhardt

The cultural activists of the 21st century can't wait around for a =

sit-in; they're out in the field every day getting their point across =

by subverting the power that advertising has over our lives. Tracing =

the movement from coining of the phrase "culture jamming" to the =

current actions of media activists like Adbuster Magazine's Kalle =

Lan, Subvertisers is an engaging survey of the culture wars and an =

introduction to a personal, revolutionary way to affect the world. =

(24 min)

communication.stanford.edu/documentary/studentworks/class2005/ =

seely/

Venue:

ATA
992 Valencia Street
San Francisco
(415) 648-0654
http://www.atasite.org

Valenica near 21st.

Directions and public transit info at

http://www.atasite.org/about/

Additional Info:

(415) 648-0654
http://www.othercinema.com