Monday, January 22, 2007
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Skittles. So, if I hit the right hand side of the big red thing, the little people get flipped into the hole and I win?
No?
When I look at this sort of space with a fresh eye (as opposed to an 'why is my plane late' eye) it is easy to see as ridiculous. Yet we are all so used to it.
Just think of the infrastructure required for that red M to exist. It's mind boggling.
In a way, this is a more real landscape than the one I was in this afternoon (Glen Shiel - mountains, mud, and the National Trust). The grass may always be beautiful, but if we allow no grass then what?
JohnJo - you'll have to tell us what those people were doing. Are they yours?
Haha Colin, love the skittles/pinball game type interpretation. I hadn't seen it that way but now, yes, it seems ridiculous.
I couldn't resist shooting it multiple times because it just seemed like so much effort. It's branding gone mad. Consumerism run riot.
The people in the shot are indeed mine. They were doing what many people would find irresistible. A giant m! I must touch it!
Here are a couple more. One shot shows how the giant purple thingy changes colour. But it would, wouldn't it....
m2.
m3.
But you were there....! I'm not sure what the m sells - is it m & ms? It would leave me puzzled - not too many in West Wales. It's a cliche but a mall interior like this is a temple to consumerism and, as Colin, perceptively points out, probably defines the landscape of more people than Glen Shiel. Technically, I like the bringing together of shapes and colours and the exposure. I wondered about the foot but decided that it didn't matter. The key question is: if you put this to people there to judge it, what would they think?
For all the bright lights, colour and goodies on offer it looks real quiet in there. Perhaps another comment on rampant consumerism.
Not a shot I'd put on the wall and perhaps too subtle for an editorial comment. That big 'M&M' in the middle really hogs eye time but there is just enough detail in the reflection to calm it a little.
Two small items have caused me most interest: the reversed 'EXIT' signs and the eyes and mouth in the background. The latter justs adds a quirky little humour-bite to rescue this.
I think this merits a caption competition.
"No I'm not buying this for you, they are bad for your teeth"
I am curious as to what happens to things like this when the shop changes its display.
If an alien landed and saw this, what would they think?
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No?
When I look at this sort of space with a fresh eye (as opposed to an 'why is my plane late' eye) it is easy to see as ridiculous. Yet we are all so used to it.
Just think of the infrastructure required for that red M to exist. It's mind boggling.
In a way, this is a more real landscape than the one I was in this afternoon (Glen Shiel - mountains, mud, and the National Trust). The grass may always be beautiful, but if we allow no grass then what?
JohnJo - you'll have to tell us what those people were doing. Are they yours?
I couldn't resist shooting it multiple times because it just seemed like so much effort. It's branding gone mad. Consumerism run riot.
The people in the shot are indeed mine. They were doing what many people would find irresistible. A giant m! I must touch it!
Here are a couple more. One shot shows how the giant purple thingy changes colour. But it would, wouldn't it....
m2.
m3.
Not a shot I'd put on the wall and perhaps too subtle for an editorial comment. That big 'M&M' in the middle really hogs eye time but there is just enough detail in the reflection to calm it a little.
Two small items have caused me most interest: the reversed 'EXIT' signs and the eyes and mouth in the background. The latter justs adds a quirky little humour-bite to rescue this.
"No I'm not buying this for you, they are bad for your teeth"
I am curious as to what happens to things like this when the shop changes its display.
If an alien landed and saw this, what would they think?