Copyright Violation, Postmodern Edition

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Movie Logos

Nice image and notes-based piece on movie logos in the art life.

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Advertising Battles

Wang Qingsong is bang on:

My new work "Commercial War" focuses on the power of ads and the misconceptions that ads can create. For this photo work, I constructed a chaotic backdrop where over 20 people are depicted in a frenzy of competition with some even fist fighting while jostling for ad positioning on a huge billboard advertisement; this struggle for the most optimal outdoor ad placement is perceived as inevitably bringing power and influence. The struggle for ad placement in public space in China is not unlike a battlefield strewn with casualties after a pitched battle for power. Today one brand wins. The next day, its competitor will replace it with better positioning on public spaces. Every day, new ads go up, and old ones fall down, scattered in pieces, and discarded on the ground under newly erected billboard advertisements. [Link]

Annals of Web Advertising: The Iced Coffee For Discriminating Tastes

I'd love to call this proof that McDonald's never fails to take advantage of a promotional opportunity, but in fact it's just an ad system blindly matching advertising with content without any appreciation for context. The bricolage is very satisfying though, because even this explanation feeds very well into the basic message of the story, which is that McDonald's is institutionally incapable of addressing people as human beings rather than as teeny tiny cogs in its corporate machine.

Question is, will the pairing ever be overriden by a human being?

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