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The Downloadable Future : Australia's Culture Jamming Digizine 'Undergrowth'
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 11:39 PM
BY REBECCA FITZGIBBON -

“The future exists, it’s just not widely distributed yet.” – William Gibson.

Hungry for change? The future is now free to download in your own home, watch world cultures jamming at the fulcrum. Culture Jam is a term given to the art of using media to comment on the media itself. Instead of opposing the media, culture jammers and activists become the media, in order to incite change. This is the underground of Australian electrofringe creativity, and it’s rife with insight into dominant cultures globally.

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