Sunday, June 7, 2009

Nothing is sacred in advertising


I was watching this video and thinking about how awesome spontaneous guerrilla art happenings are. But my heart sank when I visited the link that appears at the end and I realized this was all set up by A&E to promote their Hammertime television series - yet another example of how corporations co-opt cool underground art trends and movements.
I wonder how much the dancers got paid.
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Sean said...

I didn't know this was an advertisement, but it is happening a lot now. For example, T-Mobile's bullshit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM

As opposed to awesome random musical:

http://improveverywhere.com/2008/03/09/food-court-musical/


Another weird advertising thing are these quests that give really obscure hints in public places that lead to other hints that eventually lead to a commercial. What a horrible trick.

June 7, 2009 at 7:54 PM

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