Performance-Art

3 entries

1966-present Jun 2026 Joey Skaggs: America's Longest-Running Media Hoaxer For sixty years, Joey Skaggs has been fooling the American media with hoaxes so absurd they should be obviously fake. A dog brothel got an Emmy nomination. Cockroach pills went on the UPI wire. The media never learns.
Jun 2026 The Performance Art Defense When someone destroys themselves on camera for years and then reveals it was all an act, who was the mark -- the audience, the creator, or both? Nikocado Avocado is the case study. The answer is worse than you think.
2016-2024 Jun 2026 Two Steps Ahead: The Nikocado Question A skinny vegan violinist gained 260 pounds on camera over seven years, spawned an industry of reaction channels, then revealed he'd secretly lost it all. Whether it was planned is the wrong question.