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RTMark/ˈɑːrtmɑːrk/(stylized as®™ark) is ananti-consumeristactivist collective, whose stated aim is to subvert the "Corporate Shield" that "protects"Americancorporations. The name is derived from "RegisteredTrademark".
RTMark is itself a registered corporation which brings together activists who plan projects with donors who fund them. It thus operates outside the laws governing human individuals, and benefits from the much looser laws governing corporations.[citation needed]
RTMark claimed as its first prank the "Barbie Liberation Organization",in which the voiceboxes of talkingBarbieandG.I. Joetoys were swapped, and the toys then returned to the store (1993). The first prank documentable as being truly RTMark-sponsored was theSimCopter"hack" (1996), carried out by founding memberJacques Servin.[citation needed]
Other RTMark stunts weregwbush(a faked campaign Website forGeorge W. Bush). They were also involved in thetoywarand they brokered a deal so James Baumgartner, the original inventor ofvoteauction[1]could sell the raw project toUBERMORGENinAustria.
The group's website was part of theWhitney Biennialin 2000.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Bush Shows How Not to Handle the Internet, Experts Say".New York Times.8 June 1999. Archived fromthe originalon 7 March 2000.Retrieved22 April2021.
- ^"Net art brings 'geekdom' to the Whitney".CNNfyi.CNN. 20 April 2000.Retrieved11 May2021.
- Baumgärtel, Tilman (2001).net.art 2.0 - New Materials towards Net art.Verlag für Moderne Kunst Nürnberg. pp. 106–113.ISBN3-933096-66-9.
External links
[edit]- RTMarkwebsite mirrored at theRhizomeArchive
- Barbie Liberation Organization
- SimCopter hack
- ®™arkat theVideo Data Bank
- G W Bush campaign parody website
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