The World’s First Condom Specialty Shop, Condomerie, has a fantastic video up on YouTube of an HIV Awareness PSA they executed on Chatroulette back in April. In the video, an almost nude woman sits back holding a sign that says BINGO in front of her chest. As though she’s about to give a peep show to her audience, she moves closer to the camera until the smaller message on her sign is legible, “You’re now in touch with an HIV infected person. Don’t play Russian roulette in real life.”
While the message and execution of this guerrilla effort are definitely smart and powerful, please be forwarned that this video contains risqué, albeit censored, imagery.
Can’t help but love this one. These kids are dancing like crazy for H&M.
Testing the expedition marketing waters for itself, Tropicana set its sights on the arctic circle, where people live for WEEKS without sunlight. To make a “Brighter Morning for a Brighter Day” in the small town of Inuvik, Canada, Tropicana erected for them a replacement sun on their 31st day of darkness. The result is a beautiful commercial (airing March 1st) showing the town’s surprised and delighted reaction to this gift on a “day” they probably hadn’t expected to remember.
Check it out:
Thanks to Agency Spy for tweeting the link!
What I consider socially acceptable is often not in line with the views
of others. Here are three examples of the inappropriate (I call them
joyful) acts I commit on a weekly, if not daily, basis: dancing to my
iPod in public, calling my superiors "Dude," and playing with other
people's children (being a stranger).
While other art students from my old school in Boston would quietly
sneak touches of artworks by artists they adored (if you're shocked,
get over it – artists frequently touch each others pieces), I would get
hyper and jump and shout when a piece really knocked me out. I have
received the nastiest "Your-behavior-is-SO-inappropriate!" glares in
the gallery setting.
Today, I found a sister in art reaction, Allison Reimus, a MFA student
at American Univeristy in Washington DC. Her blog, a compilation of
user-submitted photos gathered since 2007, is titled Jumping in Art Museums. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I have.
Barely Political, the creators of the Obama Girl Video (series), pulled a cute stunt on Wall Street last Monday. In keeping with their formula for successful, cheaply-made viral video (commentary on a current issue + nearly nude women = success), one of their writers set out in a bear suit to add some more wack to the already wigged out financial district. Interestingly, a picture of the "man in a bear outfit wandering the streets" appeared on Gawker before the shoot was even over. This should be considered a milestone for Barely Political, since this stunt went viral before the girls stepped out of a limo. Of course the hot chicks probably do add some flavor to the "Bear Market…Bare Ladies!" stunt/video — enough for a crowd of men on the street and almost half a million YouTube views in less than a week. I think it’s also important to mention that the New York Post gave the "man in bear outfit" a half page photo, with the ladies, of course.
