Even favoritism aside, this video by musician Scott Alexander provides a critique of branding and marketing that dovetails nicely with some of the shopdropping work I do.
I like the idea, but found it hard to listen to the lyrics and read the text at the same time...perhaps that was intentional, to really highlight the frustration and confusion of so much emphasis on self-selling, but I mostly found it hard to listen to the song...
Thanks so much for posting this. I'm not fond of reading, so I imagine that I would probably just skim through the video-text. I guess my main objective with so much going on was to compel you to play it several times.
I've started this blog as catalog/display for my artwork, particularly my ongoing projects. At the moment, that means "Shell Game" (where I buy clothing, alter the clothing in ways that are not immediately perceptible, like lining a pocket with pink fake fur or painting on an underskirt, and then return the clothing in the hopes that my altered pieces will be resold and/or found, creating moments of the inexplicable, critiquing consumer culture, tricking people into buying art, etc.), "Post-it Books" (where I write stories on post-it notes, and stick them in library books in such a way that they entwine with and riff off of the original story), and my paintings (which are, well, paintings).
I would say more about me in this "About Me", but the sneaky nature of some of my recent work begs a bit of stealth-mode. Suffice to say that I am very very good looking.
I like the idea, but found it hard to listen to the lyrics and read the text at the same time...perhaps that was intentional, to really highlight the frustration and confusion of so much emphasis on self-selling, but I mostly found it hard to listen to the song...
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for posting this. I'm not fond of reading, so I imagine that I would probably just skim through the video-text. I guess my main objective with so much going on was to compel you to play it several times.
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