Art & Copy
You see an average of 5,000 ads every day. Most of them suck. A handful are good. Only a few look and feel like-and indeed really are-art. The most innovative advertising campaigns of our time and the creative rebels behind them are the fascinating subjects of acclaimed filmmaker Doug Pray’s Art & Copy. Slick footage and stories from industry legends chart the creative revolution that sees a splinter group shift from merely moving product to moving culture. Phyllis K. Robinson empowers the “Me generation” with a Clairol slogan and Hal Riney re-elects Reagan with “It’s morning in America.” Yes, they sell widgets, but just as artists do, they also tap zeitgeists and rouse emotion: Lee Clow’s “Think different” tagline grows more than Apples and Dan Wieden’s “Just do it” makes athletes of us all. Pray’s captivating tribute- like an ad itself-sells you on the undeniable art of advertising. Myrocia Watamaniuk.
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CREDITS
Director(s) : Doug Pray
Producer(s) : Michael Nadeau, Jimmy Greenway
Executive Producer(s) : David Baldwin, Gregory Beauchamp, Kirk Souder, Mary Warlick
Cinematographer(s) : Peter Nelson
Editor(s) : Philip Owens
Composers(s) : Jeff Martin
SYNOPSIS
ART & COPY is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, SCRATCH, HYPE!), it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time — people who’ve profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry. Exploding forth from advertising’s “creative revolution” of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation: George Lois, Mary Wells, Dan Wieden, Lee Clow, Hal Riney and others featured in ART & COPY were responsible for “Just Do It,” “I Love NY,” “Where’s the Beef?,” “Got Milk,” “Think Different,” and brilliant campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. They managed to grab the attention of millions and truly move them. Visually interwoven with their stories, TV satellites are launched, billboards are erected, and the social and cultural impact of their ads are brought to light in this dynamic exploration of art, commerce, and human emotion.
FILM TRAILER
Banksy Versus Bristol Museum
Banksy finally unveiled his highly anticipated summer show at the Bristol Museum in the UK today. His largest collection to date, this exhibit has expanded upon the notions of animal cruelty seen in his last showing in New York City, Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill, and included commentary on human worker’s rights.
Bristol’s City Museum & Art Gallery presents this unique collaboration between the city’s foremost cultural institution and one of the region’s most infamous artists, tilted Banksy Versus Bristol Museum. Banksy has gained notoriety in recent years by using stencils to paint images on a diverse array of outdoor locations, always pushing boundaries but somehow managing to remain anonymous. This is the first exhibition in a three storey Edwardian museum.
For this massive show, Banksy worked in tandem with the museum’s director. Banksy filled three stories of the building with his art in just 36 hours under tight security, as only a few museum staff were aware of the shows’ imminent arrival. In fact, apparently many of the museum guides only discovered that they would be working in a Banksy exhibition on Thursday (two day’s prior to its public opening) after being employed via the Job Centre.
“This show is my vision of the future,” the artist says. Through this latest stunt, Banksy has definitely shown yet another facet of his intriguing personality.
The exhibition runs from June 13th through August 31, 2009 at the city’s museum on Queen’s Road in Bristol. None of the work is for sale and the show has been funded entirely by Banksy himself.
From http://juxtapoz.com
