The New York April Fools’ Committee Is Proud to Announce: NEW YORK CITY’S 35th ANNUAL APRIL FOOLS’ DAY PARADE “WITCH HUNT!” It’s Conceptual. Just Imagine It and Participate Online! New York’s irreverent April Fools’ Day Parade, poking fun at the past year’s displays of hype, hypocrisy, deceit,
Read more →In 2012, while film director Andrea Marini was shooting his documentary Art of the Prank about Joey Skaggs, Joey was producing, directing and appearing in Pandora’s Hope, a fake short documentary about the ethics and perils of genetic modification in plant and human organisms.
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This in-depth interview with Joey Skaggs was published in both Spanish and English by Homo Velamine, an artist/activist collective in Spain, on October 31, 2019.
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Check out stand-up comedian Rob Mulholland’s wonderfully enthusiastic movie review of Andrea Marini’s documentary film, Art of the Prank.
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Joey Skaggs visited Vienna, Austria, in June. Coincidentally, a surreptitiously filmed video had just been released showing the far-right Freedom Party’s leader and then vice chancellor of the Austrian government, Heinz-Christian Strache, scheming to overthrow the rest of the government. In the video, Strache, thinking he’s talking
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“Some projects could not be performed today. I would be in jail.” Joey Skaggs showed the Slovenian media that they are no less naive than the Americans. Rough English Translation from Delo, the Slovenian national newspaper, June 30, 2019: American conceptual media artist Joey Skaggs has held
Read more →On Monday, April 1, 2019, Joey Skaggs’ 34th Annual April Fools’ Day Parade and 3rd Annual Trumpathon went off without a hitch! Marching from 5th Avenue and 59th Street to Trump Tower at 57th Street in Manhattan, paraders wearing Donald Trump masks carried protest signs and toasted the President with his own Kool-Aid. A police squadron cheerfully escorted the parade.
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On Monday, April 1, 2019, Joey Skaggs’ 34th Annual April Fools’ Day Parade and 3rd Annual Trumpathon went off without a hitch! Everyone enjoyed it. Even the police squadron that cheerfully escorted the parade. More photos here Watch the video here:
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From Canadaland: “The greatest media prankster alive talks to Jesse for our April Fools episode” Spoiler alert! Interview with Joey starts 8 minutes in.
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LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE! New York’s irreverent April Fools’ Day Parade returns, poking fun at the past year’s displays of hype, hypocrisy, deceit, bigotry, and downright foolishness! For the 34th year, the public is invited to bring outrageous floats and dress up in colorful costumes to
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