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***Begin transmission Joseph Matheny, David B Metcalfe, and Ken Eakins send you transmissions from the Mauve Zone. UFOs are angels? Beasttech, Kenneth Grant is the new Crowley? Magick needs to … Continue reading The Mauve Zone – Transmission #004 BEASTTECH, TIKTOK ASTRAL BATTLES, and PUNK ROCK MAGICK
Sat down and had a discussion with Greg, one of the curators of one of my favorite OG websites, The Daily Grail. LINK: https://www.dailygrail.com/2023/12/ongs-hat-creator-joseph-matheny-on-the-blurred-lines-between-fiction-and-reality/ Ong’s Hat. For those who were … Continue reading Ong’s Hat creator Joseph Matheny on the blurred lines between fiction and reality
AUDIO LINK ***Begin transmission Joseph Matheny, David B Metcalfe, and Ken Eakins send you transmissions from the Mauve Zone. Aleister Crowley the misunderstood, Lockdown conspiracies, The 2012 grift, failed raptures, … Continue reading The Mauve Zone – Transmission #003 Aleister Crowley, UAP Culture, and Traditionalism
SOURCE: https://www.archyde.com/art-in-the-age-of-reels/ THERE WILL BE A BEFORE AND AFTER AGGRO DR1FT, THE NEW DIGI-PSYCHEDELIC FILM BY HARMONY KORINE. INSPIRED BY GTA 5, CREATED WITH AN ARMY OF DESIGNERS, AI ARTISTS, … Continue reading ART IN THE AGE OF REELS
“Perhaps the oldest internet myth of all: the mystery of Ong’s Hat” I had a wonderful conversation with Michael Förtsch, the author of this piece for the German Scifi mag … Continue reading Der vielleicht älteste Internet-Mythos überhaupt: Das Mysterium von Ong’s Hat
I recently sat down via Zoom with Jean-Baptiste Chiara of the French Art magazine, Technikart . Here is a link to the issue that has our conversation within. Description of … Continue reading Technikart 273 Digital Version
Eakins sends you transmissions from the Mauve Zone. This week’s data leak includes UAP in Congress, The new Satanic Panic, Skywatch and the Colin’s elite, dominionism, Kenneth Grant, Hellier, Allen … Continue reading The Mauve Zone – Transmission #001 ‘UAPs, Cosmic Trolls and Municipal Magick’
Someone sent this to me recently. It’s an interview Don Webb did with me in 1994 for the legendary Fringeware Review. I had almost forgotten about this. After reading this … Continue reading Fringeware Review Interview with Joseph Matheny
The Origin Story of Joseph Matheny and the Ong’s Hat ARG I sat down with Jerry Gaura of TOOWi Arts to discuss the origins of me as an artist and … Continue reading Information Golem: New Mini-Series from TOOWi Arts
The series premiered on BBC 4 Radio Limelight on air and then as a podcast after every Friday broadcast for five weeks. It was a five-part series titled The Incident at Ong’s … Continue reading Announcing The Incident at Ong’s Hat: Behind the Scenes
Lots of people wholeheartedly believed Titor while other people obsessed over errors and inconsistencies, becoming online detectives trying to uncover his truth.A multimedia artist said that the John Tritor story … Continue reading SPLINTERED STATES I ‘traveled back in time from 2036’ – the US capital will change after America breaks into 5 during a second civil war
Slide 8 Located in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, Ong’s Hat was listed as a town on early maps of the area. It may have been the site of a … Continue reading Lifehacker-11 Famous Places That Don’t Really Exist: Ong’s Hat
Ong’s Hat and Weaponized ARG’s: A Conversation w Joseph Matheny, Ong’s Hat Creator & Transmedia Artist | RSS.com The Prop Anon Podcast explores the life and work of American novelist, … Continue reading S01 E01 – Ong’s Hat and Weaponized ARG’s: A Conversation w Joseph Matheny, Ong’s Hat Creator & Transmedia Artist
From the original post: July 9, 2022|#ChapelPerilousTheLifeandThoug, #Joesphmatheny, #Ongshat, #PropAnon, #qanon (This interview took place between Joseph Matheny and me not long after the January 6th failed Trump coup. Q … Continue reading Center your Schizowave (An interview w Joseph Matheny)
Just ran across this piece from 1994 wherein I was interviewed about technology. Yeah, I’ve changed my opinion a bit since then but here it is for posterity. My bit … Continue reading Visions Of Heaven and Hell Documentary Ep 2 and 3 1994 (VHS)
Awesome backstory about Galidor with a short history of the Ong’s Hat Project. Link to podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lego-bits-n-bricks/id1542166642 How a LEGO® game console, sci-fi TV show, limb-swapping action figures, and trip … Continue reading Bits N’ Bricks Season 3 Episode 37 – The Surreal History of LEGO Galidor Including Ong’s Hat Segments
Climbing Ong’s Hat https://www.patreon.com/posts/climbing-ongs-66053708 https://toowiarts.com/episodes/dragonsbread/information-golem From the editor at ToowiArts Ok, so I’m the person who looks at Mt. Everest and says, sure I can do that. I underestimate pretty … Continue reading Coming Soon: #Dragonsbread- Information Golem
I made an appearance on VICE’s Truth Hurts series discussing the danger of right-wing conspiracy cults and why this is not a new phenomenon. What’s the difference between someone who’s … Continue reading Joseph Matheny Appears on How Conspiracy Theories Become Violent | Truth Hurts | VICE
Part 2 Joseph Matheny, creator of Ong’s Hat, the world’s first Alternative Reality Game speaks with Prop Anon about QAnon, Robert Anton Wilson, Ong’s Hat, and how to survive the … Continue reading Joseph Matheny & Prop Anon expose QAnon
In this action-packed episode of FAILED STATE UPDATE, I break out a certain conspiracy theory-themed trivia board game (“Conspiracy Theory” by Neddy Games) and host an action-packed competition between four … Continue reading Paranoids’ Game Night!
We welcome back some friendly faces, Matheny reveals he’s involved in every weird story we can bring up, and we discuss why the internet isn’t fun anymore. Featuring: Ken Eakins, … Continue reading Coincidence Control Network: File #100 – The Centennial
In this fragment of SCHISM we interview the creator of ‘Ong’s Hat’, the first Alternate Reality Game, and ask what his experiences can teach us about the rise of QAnon. … Continue reading Did An Alternate Reality Game Gone Wrong Predict The Rise of QAnon?
Back by popular demand, this episode features more dirt on Ted Gunderson. It starts out pretty straightforward, with digital forensic investigator Ed Opperman talking about his experience with the disgraced … Continue reading More Gunderson, Finders, QAnon, et. al
LINK TO SHOW: http://sittingnow.co.uk/episode-51-authoring-reality-with-joseph-matheny/ This week Ken sits down with our old buddy Joseph Matheny. Joe is an innovator in the ARG space and is well known for his … Continue reading Right Where You Are Sitting Now: Authoring Reality with Joseph Matheny
Welcome back to CT&C, on this episode we are going to look into a very fascinating conspiracy theory that originates from a tiny village with the odd name of Ong’s … Continue reading Conspiracy Theory and Chill: The Story Of Ong’s Hat
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