Kalle Lasn

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name = Kalle Lasn


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birth_date = 1942
birth_place = Tallinn, Estonia
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occupation = CEO of Blackspot Anticorporation

Kalle Lasn (born 1942, Tallinn, Estonia) is the founder of "Adbusters" magazine and author of the books "Culture Jam" and "Design Anarchy". He is the CEO of the Blackspot Anticorporation. Lasn currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Documentaries

Lasn has produced a number of TV documentaries and commercials, including a 30-second ad about the disappearing old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest.

Books

In his first book, "Culture Jam", Lasn lists facts about big business and describes what he calls the "meme" war; a war of subconscious writing of brand names to control the mass media. The book contains images of modern society and an insight into Western culture's origins. His second book, "Design Anarchy," calls on graphic designers, illustrators and other creative professionals to turn from working in service to corporate and political pollution of both the planet and "the mental environment," and instead embrace a radical new aesthetic devoted to social and environmental responsibility.

Quotes

*“Deciding exactly who is a neocon is difficult since some neocons reject the term while others embrace it. Some shape policy from within the White House, while others are more peripheral, exacting influence indirectly as journalists, academics and think tank policy wonks. What they all share is the view that the US is a benevolent hyper power that must protect itself by reshaping the rest of the world into its morally superior image. And half of them are Jewish.” [cite news|url=http://canadiancoalition.com/adbusters01/|title=Why won't anyone say they are Jewish?|work=Adbusters|date=March/April 2004|accessdate=2008-06-24|author=Lasn, Kalle]

Bibliography

*Lasn, Kalle (2000) "Culture Jam", New York: Quill.
*Lasn, Kalle (2002) " [http://www.adbusters.org/cultureshop/books/designanarchy/ Design Anarchy] ", Vancouver: Adbusters Media Foundation.

Filmography

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References

External links

* [http://www.adbusters.org Adbusters website]
* [http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2006/11/20/the-consequences-of-buying-everything/ Kalle Lasn Interview]
* [http://www.adbusters.org/network/kalle.html Kalle Lasn's Biography]
* [http://www.cultureby.com/trilogy/2004/04/lasn_outs_jewis.html Article: "Lasn outs Jewish neo-cons"]
* [http://www.roger-live.com/?p=53/ Kalle Lasn: 4 video messages for the Cologne Thumper design award (2007)]
* [http://www.typoberlin.de/video/index.php?node_id=76&lang_id=1&filter_value=Kalle%20Lasn Kalle Lasn, Typo 2006: »The Future of Design« (video)]
*Donovan King 2004 "Optative Theatre: A Critical Theory for Challenging Oppression and Spectacle" [http://www.optative.net/kingthesis.pdf] [http://66.102.1.104/scholar?hl=it&lr=&q=cache:tHNzGfnmB2gJ:www.optative.net/kingthesis.pdf+reality+patterns+structures++paradigms+lasn]