Advertising is dead.

Advertising is dead = no more adverts

Long live advertising = 'other' methods of advertising (ie. stunts, intrusion, interaction, installation, infiltration.)

Indigestion advertisement.

Virgin Atlantic - extra leg room

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Long live advertising!

'Advertising is dead. Long live Advertisin'

I have finally found the kind of artwork I want to be making.

Art or Advertising? Or both? Soul-less, making money, exploiting/manipulating the masses, kitsch, sarcastic, sell out.............vegas

I want to make advertising campaigns.

Choose product. Promote product. Successful product.

Art and Advertising.

While I am experiencing a lull in my practical thinking, I though I would try and rejuvinate my brain with some good, solid research. Although I only started reading 'Art and Advertising' today, I feel it is definately 'blog-worthy'. The book looks at the similarities between Art and Advertising and demonstrates how (some) artists have left the gallery and embraced the mass media. Needless to say, I am enjoying it immensely!

Layered Projections.

Projections into cabinet.

Very strange...

Through my research, for this project, I have come across artists who I have always wanted to come across....it has been very strange. For example: THE Lost advert that made me start watching lost...by David LaChapelle (as I have previously mentioned about 400 times!) And recently I came across Steven Klein, who directed Alejandro by Lady Gaga. His website is full of awesome videos and photographs, all of which are dark, unnerving and have the feeling they should come from a David Fincher film (specifically Se7en). It is just very strange how things are all linked together! I was listening to Willow Smith's 'Whip my Hair' and decided to look at all the films Will Smith was in. I looked at the Director of 'I am Legend' and reasied it was Francis Lawrence who directed 'Telephone' by Lady Gaga. I know I keep mentioning Ms Gaga but her videos are like a film of fashion photography!