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 menaing is constructed by the juxtaposition of the two.
Full Description
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 menaing is constructed by the juxtaposition of the two.
Work metadata
- Year Created: 2006
- Submitted to ArtBase: Wednesday Dec 13th, 2006
- Original Url: http://a.parsons.edu/~alloyd/adgen2
- Permalink: http://a.parsons.edu/~alloyd/adgen2
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Work Credits:
- Alexis Lloyd, creator
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