Many times students are required to create what is a called a media artifact. Generally this is done in conjunction with a paper that must be written. So what is a media artifact exactly? A media artifact is simply media which is collected and available to be re-represented. Don’t be fooled by the term “artifact” [...]
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What The Fu#k !?!
In analyzing visual culture it is important to remember that everyone’s interpretation can be different. What one person finds beautiful can repulse another. A great example of this can be found in WTF (which stands for “what the fuck”) imagery as well as videos. The genre is difficult to pin down but can generally be [...]
Helvetica: The Documentary
Great new documentary about Helvetica from Gary Hustwit.
New Glass Techonolgy May Change the Look of Our Cities
New advancements in glass has fostered the development of smart glass with the French based company PrivaLite leading the way. SGG PRIVA-LITE® is a laminated glazing made of two sheets of extra clear glass and a liquid crystal film. The current standard composition is +-12mm thick. The polymer and the liquid crystals are encapsulated in [...]
Toilet Signs Around The World
The male and female signs at the entrance to bathrooms from around the world also carry strong cultural narratives. EyeBlog has written a nice piece investigating and uncovering the hidden stories which can be found inside these common and unobtrusive images we all see and use frequently.
Winkers Jeans
Interesting use of body motion combined with imagery. They kind of remind me of early animated gifs.
Consuming Kids
Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car. Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children’s advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses [...]
The Persuaders -PBS Frontline
You can view the entire documentary for free HERE Americans are swimming in a sea of messages. Each year, legions of ad people, copywriters, market researchers, pollsters, consultants, and even linguists—most of whom work for one of six giant companies—spend billions of dollars and millions of man-hours trying to determine how to persuade consumers what [...]
Assaults on Visual Culture
By Jeremiah Palecek
What motivates individuals to destroy visual culture? Is the destruction of a symbol in itself also an artistic act? In the words of Russian Anarchist Mikhail Bakunin “The urge to destroy is also a creative urge” . Every day we take in thousands of instances of Visual Culture. It’s all around us. Whether it’s the [...]
Merchants of Cool
They spend their days sifting through reams of market research data. They conduct endless surveys and focus groups. They comb the streets, the schools, and the malls, hot on the trail of the “next big thing” that will snare the attention of their prey–a market segment worth an estimated $150 billion a year. They are [...]
