PRESS RELEASE
PRANKSFEST celebrating RE/Search's new book, PRANKS 2
Sat, Nov 11, 2006 - 7 PM (doors open 6:30pm)
San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut/Jones - tel 415-362-1465
$5 (get in free with purchase of new PRANKS 2 book)
PARTY, SHOW AND SPECTACLE: Due to the "illegal" nature of Pranks, key speakers (Cacophony Society, BLF [Billboard Liberation Front], SRL, hackers, etc) must remain anonymous! We CAN promise you that Monte Cazazza will appear, and that Prankster-Godfather Mal Sharpe will emcee. Rare and inspiring Pranks Video Clips and Visual Presentations will be narrated live, and questions from the audience will be answered. Cyclecide has promised a bicycle merry-go-round, and a party will follow the show. Other guests/events TBA.
Videos will include Jihad Jerry and the Evildoers' "Army Girls Gone Wild," and Reverend Al's "Art of Bleeding Safety Film," PLUS excerpts from Ron English's "Popaganda," the "Yes Men" Film, and Scott Beale's "You'd Better Watch Out" documenting the Cacophony Society's wild "Santarchy" escapade in Portland. The evening will encompass a Mad Celebration, Reunion, Party, Film Showing, Panel, and Q&A's with local Bay Area artists who appear in RE/Search's newest book, PRANKS 2. All interested in RE/Search's 30 year history, pranks, and cultural subversion in general are urged to attend. Hard-to-find RE/Search Publications will be available for sale, and can be autographed, as well as other pranks-related videos, CDs and books.
"In today's current surreal political landscape, a well-executed prank can do much more than yelling theater in a crowded fire! In that spirit, RE/Search and [S.F.A.I.] present the Pranks Festival. This is a rare opportunity to engage with prankster pioneers, while supporting the counterculture RE/Search publishing team." – Boing Boing
RE/Search's new "PRANKS 2" book is now available from www.researchpubs.com or call 415-362-1465 to order! Review copies are available; email [email protected] (8x10", 196pp, 200 photos, glossy paper, $19.99)
Thanks & Best,
V. Vale founder of Search & Destroy/RE/Search in 1977, San Francisco - www.researchpubs.com
(Our thanks to Mark Van Proyen for sponsoring this event)
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RE/Search Publications
20 Romolo Suite B
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 362-1465
[email protected] www.researchpubs.com
