Thanks for replying.
I’m not looking to start a “movement” that freepers could get behind. I am looking for feedback and someone to help create effective messages and develop a network of people that would place the massages. It is critical that messages are controlled and anonymity is maintained.
As far as legality is concerned, I’m not a fan of graffiti but placing a 12 by 12 tile that gets embedded in the asphalt I’m OK with.
I don’t consider it effective to “crash” an event under false pretenses.
The idea is to get people to think for themselves without disclosing the messenger.
Check out the article at Wired about Toynbee:
I recently saw a couple of other videos related to culture jamming: 'The Yes Men' and 'Exit through the Gift Shop'. I believe that the Yes Men achieved a modicum of success in advancing their goals (whether or you or I agree with those goals) by crashing corporate events. I don't know that the main characters in 'Exit through the Gift Shop' were trying to advance a coherent message, but it is a window onto what some people are willing to do to get a message out there.
The idea of creating a mystery intrigues me. I worked my way through Pynchon's 'The Crying of Lot 49' and 'V', both of which centered around major characters searching out mysteries.
I remember that back in the 70's there were people going around putting up signs/graffiti/etc. that asked "Who is John Galt?" Their efforts may very well have led people to Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged'. Their efforts may very well have increased the number of libertarians. However, we now see that however large the group of libertarians is, their influence on governmental/budgetary/monetary policy is close to nil.
Mysteries are only ever going to appeal to a rather small subset of people. Those people are more likely to be of the nerdy non-social type. This will mean that whatever truths they gain will not spread far and wide.
Still, I'll spend some time thinking about this and get back to you if I have any great ideas. If it just gets a few people to stop and think then it might be worth whatever effort is involved.