How Ads Kill Art

[Masato]

Hey all

Watch this video, and examine your emotional reaction.

To me, it is SUPER inspiring, pumped me up something fierce! ... until the ads/logos came up at the end.

That to me just takes a big shit on the whole thing.

I work a lot as an illustrator for advertising, and became aware a long time ago that no matter how creative an ad, no matter how funny, well-written, well-directed, orginal, or beautiful... as soon as you reveal at the end that its an add you have just soured the honey.

IMAGINE IF THIS VID ENDED at the :25 second mark:

[Empty Emp]

You can either look at it as advertising diminishing art, or art enhancing advertising. The advertisers made a conscious choice to make something thoughtful and artistic rather than something mindless that simply appeals to the lowest common denominator. That doesn't sound so bad to me.

[Winnson]

Linux is with IBM? I had no idea.

[Edge Guerrero]

I work a lot as an illustrator for advertising, and became aware a long time ago that no matter how creative an ad, no matter how funny, well-written, well-directed, orginal, or beautiful... as soon as you reveal at the end that its an add you have just soured the honey.

- Like movies or tv series, when they change all the orignal ideas of the director.
But is the director name that is on the line, we rarelly think that he receives orders for other people.

[Masato]

I feel its really obvious if any sort of art has a soul or not. When something is purely corporately driven it stinks of emptiness.