http://urbanprankster.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:50:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Artist Michael Rakowitz came up with a clever way to camp out on an urban street, make your tent look like it's a covered car! He writes: (P)LOT questions the occupation and dedication of public space and encourages reconsiderations of "legitimate" participation in city life. Contrary to the common procedure of using ... http://urbanprankster.com/2008/11/fake-car-tent/ Here's a great site specific piece by Supakitch. It looks like a sweet bear during the day, but at night when the green subway entrance light comes on, it looks totally sinister. Via Wooster. http://urbanprankster.com/2008/11/evil-subway-post-bear/ A group of Iraq war veterans do a little bit of culture jamming at a gas station late one night. Created by Iraq Veterans Against the War. (Thanks Andrew) http://urbanprankster.com/2008/11/iraq-war-veterans-raid-gas-station/ (also available on YouTube) For their latest mission, 20 Improv Everywhere agents personally welcomed home total strangers at JFK airport. Grabbing first and last names from car driver signs, they greeted strangers with personalized posters, flowers, balloons, and a 10-foot wide banner reading, "Welcome Back." Read all about it and see ... http://urbanprankster.com/2008/11/welcoming-home-strangers-at-jfk-airport/ Dave Hoffer, a creative director at Frog Design, recently coined the term "Disruptive Realism" to describe much of what we post about on this blog. He introduces the term in the video above and then elaborates: Disruptive Realism is an expression presented in an everyday context that disrupts peoples perceptions ... http://urbanprankster.com/2008/11/disruptive-realism/ The amount of media coverage the Fake New York Times stunt received was staggering. It spread to news outlets all over the globe like wildfire. The chief organizers of the event, Andy Bichlbaum from The Yes Men and Steve Lambert from the Anti-Advertising Agency appeared on CNN the ... http://urbanprankster.com/2008/11/fake-ny-times-on-cnn/ This is something that happened spontaneously during the Phillies World Series parade celebration and is not an orchestrated prank, but if it was, it would be awesome. (Though it's pretty damn cool as it is.) From the YouTube description: We snuck out into the middle of Broad Street to snap a ... http://urbanprankster.com/2008/11/baby-gets-crowd-pumped/ Montreal group Les Fourmis came up with a clever use for campaign signs after the recent Canadian election-- turn them into birdhouses and put them up around the city. I wonder how many millions of campaign signs there are in the US right now heading to a landfill? Check out ... http://urbanprankster.com/2008/11/turning-campaign-signs-into-birdhouses/ Remember that top secret "power shifting exercise" we tipped you off to last week? It's happening right now in NY as seen in the video above. The site is running super slow right now thanks to tons of traffic, but you can see it here: online version of the fake ... http://urbanprankster.com/2008/11/massive-fake-ny-times-prank/ (also available on YouTube) Improv Everywhere stages a mission in Russia. Read the details. http://urbanprankster.com/2008/11/improv-everywhere-invades-russia/