THIS IS NOT A JOKE: No Fucking E-mails
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Hugh Upsher is a Michaelis Graduate who lives with his parents in the Suburbs. He is currently studying Desktop Publishing.Few things are worse than checking your e-mail account only to find you have no fucking e-mails. This is captured perfectly in David Shrigley’s drawing. However, an artwork that deals with this phenomenon in a far more dynamic and cruel way was created by an online marketer. These advertising banners (see below) that are strategically placed around your favourite websites are designed to continuously give you false glimmers of hope. Nothing brightens my day quicker than to see I have new messages waiting for me. Unfortunately marketers have realized this and turned it against me in a cruel game. The invasive nature of the work only adds to its effectiveness. Obviously one would not fall for this lie over and over again but it does succeed in teasing you with its ever presence, reminding you of something you can’t always get.
posted by Hugh Upsher at 10:17 PM
3 Comments:
Ja, I clicked on one of those once: ended up with a Nigerian scamster's fingers in my till, a year's supply of Viagra and a Russian mail-order bride who closely resembled a 1980's police identikit of Stander. Never again.
whats your point?
Art doesn't always have to be labelled and in a gallery. Art isn't always intentional either. Even though this tiny piece of visual currency is not created for the purpose of being a fine art 'object', It is still (in my opinion) a very good work of art. This small visual has effected me more than any real art has in a while. I think if it were created as an elaborate digital artwork it would get a fair amount of praise.
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