Ad Generator

The Ad Generator is kinda addictive (for a couple of minutes).

Steak. Shake. Both favorites.

The BS explanation:
“The ad generator is a generative artwork that explores how advertising uses and manipulates language. Words and semantic structures from real corporate slogans are remixed and randomized to generate invented slogans. These slogans are then paired with related images from Flickr, thereby generating fake advertisements on the fly. By remixing corporate slogans, I intend to show how the language of advertising is both deeply meaningful, in that it represents real cultural values and desires, and yet utterly meaningless in that these ideas have no relationship to the products being sold. In using the Flickr images, the piece explores the relationship between language and image, and how meaning is constructed by the juxtaposition of the two.”

The link:
http://www.theadgenerator.org/

2 Comments

  1. Boxen Said,

    January 22, 2007 @ 3:00 pm

    Represent. I didn’t see a way to enter text from that URL.

  2. danger Said,

    January 22, 2007 @ 4:12 pm

    You can’t. I made the one for this blog entry, you know, to sorta dress it up a little. But now you’re disappointed, aren’t you. It’s still _kinda_ fun just watching what it throws at you every 3 seconds or so, isn’t it?

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