“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.”
Why? “…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.”
Here is a random sample…
Hey mister ad agency – are you afraid yet?
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Wow this one is good man.I can make for myself .Thx for tip
February 13th, 2007 at 3:35 am
Ha ha, any ideas how to market a non-profit site dedicated to ending global warming?
February 13th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Jeremy: You could try talking to sites listed in these posts:
http://www.friedbeef.com/2006/10/11/how-to-save-the-world-using-your-desktop/
http://www.friedbeef.com/2007/01/05/how-to-save-the-world-using-your-desktop-part-2/