Simpson Movie Promotion

A doughnut-brandishing Homer Simpson has been painted next to the giant on the hill above Cerne Abbas, Dorset, to promote the new Simpsons film.

Pagans have pledged to perform "rain magic" to wash away a cartoon character painted next to their famous fertility symbol - the Cerne Abbas giant.

My View:

I think that this is a clever way of advertising and promoting the film because it is controversial but humorous at the same time. They have used biodegradable paint so when it rains, Homer will be washed away.

Toyota

I think that this advert for the Toyota Yaris is brilliant!!! The hillariaty is heightened by the fact that the woman is protective over the car... not the man!

Jennifer Steinkamp

Visual Music

Jennifer Steinkamp is an internationally exhibiting installation artist who works with new media and video in order to explore ideas about architectural space, motion, and perception.


(Aria, 2000, Las Vegas)


(Loop, 2000, Washington DC)

Jennifer Steinkamp uses light projection and music in rooms to create calming and dream-like motions. When taking photos of the art, people position themselves within the frame and they become part of the art, something I'm sure Steinkamp intends.

Many famous artists have used music to put themselves into an emotional state and then their art reflects this, so Steinkamp's work is a progression of this in terms of using music and images together. Her choice in music and image are homogeneous but it would be interesting to see how conflicting music and image would be perceived.



Jennifer Steinkamp, SWELL, 1995, computer generated projection and installation with soundtrack by Bryan Brown, the Musuem of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles




I find the work really mesmorizing. The best art is that which is calming and electrifying at the same time.

To see Dervish in motion:

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Yuken Teruya

After seeing Peter Callesen's work using paper I found these works by Yuken Tertuya. He creates these sculptures out of fastfood takeaway bags and paper shopping bags. The Okinawa-born, New York-based artist creates treescapes by meticulously cutting intricate shapes from these bags. His work is fuelled by his political commentary on the environment and globalisation, and is informed by his Okinawan heritage.

Welt Kompakt

A series of advertisements from a German newspaper where they have used the tagline "Big News. Small Size" backed up by transforming the faces of a baby to look like figureheads of the world including George bush and the Pope. I'm assuming that the newspaper is a small size one.

Economist

Another clever idea from the Economist! The idea being that if you read the economist your brain will grow... the same as blowing up the balloons. Just wondering whether this was an advertisment or whether the balloons were given away with the economist.

Audi RS 6

I think that this ad campaign is really clever by Audi. I don't know how clear the photo is but basically Audi have placed ads in front of Speed Cameras saying "Say Cheese". (The Audi RS6 is a fast car). The concept behind the ad is clever and humorous. It would be great to see the advert looking more like a road sign though.... don't know about the legitimacy though!