Friday, July 31, 2009

“If u make love to my teapot one more time…” warned the hissy kettle to the sultry tea cozy.


Affection displacement?
Problem solved.
“A Helpful Guide for Those Who Still Confuse Women with Various Unrelated Objects”
Maiden Form advertisement tag line.

Words. Word.

So i was reading this article and discovered a few words.
New words are always fun.

Flaneur: man, people watcher, not engaging but aware
Flaneuse: female, window shopper
Appelation: the way in which advertisements “talk” to the consumer
Pseudoindividuality: a false idea of individuality- Frankfurt School
Bricolage: mode of taking an object out of its original context and into a new context therefore dislocating the object from society.

Jam My Culture



"One Day I Want A Malboro Car Daddy...."

Billboard Liberation Front, San Fran.US, post 1970s. “to Advertise is to Exist. To Exist is to Advertise. Our ultimate goal is nothing short of a personal and singular Billboard for each citizen”.

http://www.billboardliberation.com/


Culture jamming, http://www.villagevoice.com/columns/9917/carr.html

BUGA UP= Billboard Utilizing Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions
Australian culture jamming group, “I’m real sick. I only smoke Facts.”


http://www.bugaup.org/

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

one more new comer

well we all harp on. talk. gossip. advise. explain. experience.
this is of things people do and see.