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RTMark /ˈɑːrtmɑːrk/ (stylized as ®™ark) is an anti-consumerist activist collective, whose stated aim is to subvert the "Corporate Shield" that "protects" American corporations. The name is derived from "Registered Trademark".

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 talking Barbie and G.I. Joe toys were swapped, and the toys then returned to the store (1993). The first prank documentable as being truly RTMark-sponsored was the SimCopter "hack" (1996), carried out by founding member Jacques Servin^[1]

Other RTMark stunts were gwbush.com (a faked campaign Website for George W. Bush). They were also involved in the toywar and they brokered a deal so James Baumgartner, the original inventor of voteauction^[2] could sell the raw project to UBERMORGEN in Austria.

The group's website was part of the Whitney Biennial in 2000.^[3]

References

^ "PIXEL GAIETY COSTS JOB". 8 December 1996. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
^ "Bush Shows How Not to Handle the Internet, Experts Say". New York Times. 8 June 1999. Archived from the original on 7 March 2000. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ "Net art brings 'geekdom' to the Whitney". CNNfyi. CNN. 20 April 2000. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

Baumgärtel, Tilman (2001). net.art 2.0 - New Materials towards Net art. Verlag für Moderne Kunst Nürnberg. pp. 106–113. ISBN 3-933096-66-9.

External links

RTMark website mirrored at the Rhizome Archive
Barbie Liberation Organization
SimCopter hack
®™ark at the Video Data Bank
G W Bush campaign parody website

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[1] "PIXEL GAIETY COSTS JOB". 8 December 1996. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

[2] "Bush Shows How Not to Handle the Internet, Experts Say". New York Times. 8 June 1999. Archived from the original on 7 March 2000. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

[3] "Net art brings 'geekdom' to the Whitney". CNNfyi. CNN. 20 April 2000. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

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+'''RTMark''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɑr|t|m|ɑr|k}} (stylized as '''®™ark''') is an [[anti-consumerism|anti-consumerist]] activist collective, whose stated aim is to subvert the "Corporate Shield" that "protects" [[United States|American]] corporations. The name is derived from "Registered [[Trademark]]".
+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|date=April 2012}}
-'''RTMark''' was an activist collective that subverts the "Corporate Shield" protecting US corporations. The name is derived from "Registered [[Trademark]]".
+RTMark claimed as its first prank the "[[Barbie Liberation Organization]]", in which the voiceboxes of talking [[Barbie]] and [[G.I. Joe]] toys were swapped, and the toys then returned to the store (1993). The first prank documentable as being truly RTMark-sponsored was the [[SimCopter#Controversy|SimCopter]] "hack" (1996), carried out by founding member [[Jacques Servin]]<ref>{{cite web |date=8 December 1996 | title=PIXEL GAIETY COSTS JOB | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/1996/12/08/pixel-gaiety-costs-job/ | access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref>
-RTMark was itself a registered corporation which brings together activists who plan projects with donors who fund them{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}. It thus operates outside the laws governing human individuals, and benefits from the much looser laws governing corporations.
+Other RTMark stunts were ''gwbush.com'' (a faked campaign Website for [[George W. Bush]]). They were also involved in the [[toywar]] and they brokered a deal so James Baumgartner, the original inventor of ''[[voteauction]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 June 1999 |title=Bush Shows How Not to Handle the Internet, Experts Say |url=http://www.rtmark.com/more/nytimesbush0608.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000307173046/http://www.rtmark.com/more/nytimesbush0608.html |archive-date=7 March 2000 |access-date=22 April 2021 |website=[[New York Times]]}}</ref> could sell the raw project to [[Ubermorgen|UBERMORGEN]] in [[Austria]].
-RTMark claimed as its first prank the "Barbie Liberation Organization", in which the voiceboxes of talking [[Barbie]] and [[GI Joe]] toys were swapped, and the toys then returned to the store (1993).  The first prank documentable as being truly RTMark-sponsored was the [[SimCopter#Controversy|SimCopter]] "hack" (1996), carried out by founding member [[Jacques Servin]].
+The group's website was part of the [[Whitney Biennial]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2000/fyi/news/04/19/whitney/index.html |title=Net art brings 'geekdom' to the Whitney |work=CNNfyi |publisher=CNN |date=20 April 2000 |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref>
-Other RTMark stunts were ''gwbush.com'' (a faked campaign Website for [[George W. Bush]]), and ''[[voteauction]]''. They were also involved in the [[toywar]].
 ==See also==
+* [[Decadent Action]]
+* [[Jacques Servin]]
+* [[Igor Vamos]]
 * [[The Yes Men]]
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+* {{cite book|last=Baumgärtel |first=Tilman |title=net.art 2.0 - New Materials towards Net art |publisher=Verlag für Moderne Kunst Nürnberg |year=2001 |pages=106–113 |isbn=3-933096-66-9}}
 ==External links==
+* [http://archive.rhizome.org/artbase/1693/index.html RTMark] website mirrored at the [[Rhizome (organization)|Rhizome]] [[Rhizome (organization)#Web archiving|Archive]]
-* [http://www.rtmark.com/ Official website]
 * [http://www.sniggle.net/barbie.php Barbie Liberation Organization]
-* [http://www.rtmark.com/simcopter.html SimCopter hack]
+* [http://archive.rhizome.org/artbase/1693/more/articles/crackingthemaze.htm SimCopter hack]
-* [http://www.vdb.org/smackn.acgi$artistdetail?ARK ®™ark] at the [http://www.vdb.org/ Video Data Bank]
+* [https://www.vdb.org/artists/®tmark ®™ark] at the [http://www.vdb.org/ Video Data Bank]
+* [http://gwbush.com G W Bush campaign parody website]
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:American artist groups and collectives]]
+[[Category:Anti-consumerist groups]]
 [[Category:Anti-corporate activism]]
-[[Category:Pranksters]]
+{{activism-stub}}
+{{business-org-stub}}