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skulling pp. Defacing a poster or billboard to make a head resemble a skull.

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"In her final section, No Logo, Klein charts the beginnings of a global backlash, starting with the culture jammers and 'hacktivists,' fringe artists and politicos who use the brands' obsession with image to launch witty protests against them. 'Skulling' is one technique: turning anorexic models on Calvin Klein billboards into death's-heads with a few deft strokes of a magic marker."
—Bronwyn Drainie, "Brand names? Hate 'em," The Globe and Mail, January 15, 2000

Related Words:
billboard liberation
culture jamming
darking
hacktivist
killboard
pollution on a stick
subvertisement

Subject Categories:
Business - Marketing
Language - Verbed Nouns
The World - Activism

Posted on January 20, 2000 at 8:14 AM
Updated on January 20, 2000 at 8:14 AM


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