Artist Driven Asia Tour
Our friend Dylan helped to shoot this… …
The Eagleman Stag
We thought that the creator of this short animation, Mike Please, would’ve been a great fit for the TVCC TVC concept, but Mr. Please wasn’t too pleased with that idea… but anyways, here’s the long-awaited award-winning full animated short. …
TPG Stationery
Billboard House
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For The Propeller Group, Talking about Art Is an Art
The Propeller Group’s video installation in New York City’s New Museum is deceptively approachable. The five televisions, arranged in a circle and all facing inward, show a five-channel video, and viewers almost instinctively move to stand in the middle of the circle. On the screens, five different perspectives of an office meeting are displayed. Cameras arranged around the conference table capture every expression and exchange. The meeting attendees sometimes laugh, sometimes argue. But mostly they look bored.
This looks like any other office scene — which is remarkable only if you think about it, because what’s being discussed around that table is how to rebrand communism. Click to read more…
FIRST HAMMER BIENNIAL, “MADE IN L.A.”, ARTISTS ANNOUNCED
The Propeller Group has been invited to participate in Los Angeles’ first Biennial opening June 3rd and is being organized jointly by the Hammer Museum and LAXART.
“The roster of emerging and under-recognized L.A. artists for the inaugural Hammer/LAX Art biennial has been released, along with an announcement of a $100,000 prize to be awarded to one participant. Liz Glynn, Analia Saban and Henry Taylor are among the 60 artists tapped for the show…
PROPAGATE
How do you instill hope into a country and subsequently back into your brand? If you are Chrysler you hire a Clint Eastwood.
Meanwhile… this advert which was produced by Citizens Against Government Waste a few months ago was quickly banned from major networks as it is seen as too controversial…
Bullet proof car windows
No penetration……
The Advertising World
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Wimpy Braille Burgers Ad
Advertising agency Metropolitan Republic has created a new campaign to promote the South African burger joint Wimpy’s addition of braille menus for the visually impaired. Their idea… to build burgers with braille messages using sesame seeds.
The messages read, ’100 % pure beef burger made for you’, were spelled out seed by seed and were delivered to three of the country’s largest institutions for the visually impaired for a taste test.
The end line from the ad is brilliant, “…for people who use their hands as their eyes, this was the first time they could do more than just taste their food. They could see it.”
