Culture jammers: Dean Sewell 2012
Culture jammers: Dean Sewell @ Museum Of Sydney

Saturday 11 Feb 2012

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Event Name:	Culture jammers: Dean Sewell 2012


Artists:	Culture jammers: Dean Sewell
Date:	Sat, 11 Feb 2012 to Sun, 10 Jun 2012
Venue:	Museum Of Sydney Phillip St (cnr Bridge St) Sydney, NSW, 2000

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Price:	Free with museum entry
Tickets:	Contact Info: 02 9251 5988
Contemporary social protest takes many forms, using new media technologies and sometimes engaging in risky activities. Culture jamming is a form of activism that involves subversively altering media or advertising messages to cast a critical spotlight on the activities of governments, corporations or individuals. It can take place in physical spaces or virtual realms: some activists amend billboards, others hijack websites. Photographer Dean Sewell captured the activities of a small group of culture jammers in Sydney between 2003 and 2007. The group of three to six members, calling themselves ‘The Lonely Station’ after a line from a Midnight Oil song, were perhaps the city's most audacious culture jammers. They scaled silos, highway billboards and buildings to rework images and draw public attention to social-justice and environmental issues, from the Iraq war to woodchipping and the plight of refugees. Daily 9.30am — 5pm Free with museum entry
Event Type:	Arts and Exhibition
Genres:	Art Exhibition
Web Address:	www.hht.net.au
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