The Strange Commercial

[imomus]

My new piece for Design Observer is about some strange and beautiful old commercials you can watch on the web. It focuses on films by Charles Wilp and Serge Lutens for Afri-Cola and Shiseido.

Oh, and check out today's Art Harbour sound. It's a tiny morsel of buzz taken from one of the Shiseido commercials and run through some pitch and tempo effects so that it becomes an entire symphony. It's one I'm quite proud of.

Comments

[imomus.livejournal.com]

I was in Avalanche just last month and not only did they have Momus records, they had my DVD on display. So you probably just spoke to the wrong guy. Or maybe they had a long, fraught staff meeting and the vote went against me at the end of the day, 4-3.

Well, there's always the Virgin Megastore, which will certainly get a couple of copies.

Durstig in der Wueste

[(Anonymous)]

Afri-cola.

Official beverage of the Afrika Korps.