This is a bit late (but only by about 9 months), so I thought I’d share it anyway.
Back in June I went to the Modern Panic Exhibition. It was held at The Old Abattoir in Clerkenwell, and featured some very creepy pieces. Some of the artists included tattooist Alex Binnie, and “Britain’s mosts dangerous prisoner“, Charles Bronson. The atmosphere of the surroundings really enhanced the work on display, and I felt genuinely uneasy as I was walking around. It was probably the best exhibition I’ve ever attended (my previous favourite being the Sensations exhibition back in the 90s, featuring Damien Hirst, Tracy Emin et al).
A while back I was banging on on here about getting an exhibition together called Dark Side. Well nothing I could throw together could ever be as interesting or well executed as this, so I’m knocking that idea on the head!
I remember a few years ago I went to the Francis Bacon exhibition at Tate Britain; I took the Chinese bit of fluff that I was seeing at the time. I really enjoyed it, but she was completely appalled by the disturbing scenes of twisted faces, mutilated animals and crippled infants. This surprised me a lot as I thought that was the kind of stuff they normally eat for dinner? Surprisingly, we were only going out for a short time – but even in that short time, I’ll never forgive her for not giving me a blowjob.
Anyway, enjoy the art:
A couple of months ago a work colleague showed me a picture at his Macbook. He was on the Lucozade website (no idea why), where they have a page featuring their products. As soon as I saw the picture, we both started laughing hysterically for about ten minutes. Then we continued to snigger for about an hour. After that I was laughing inside for the rest of the day.
Was it just us, or does this look suspiciously like gay porn?
If I had better photoshop skills I’d quite like to doctor this photo a little, but it’s not really necessary; it still suggests a homosexual facial cum shot to me.
Even the slogan sounds charged with innuendo to me: “Whatever you’re packing for, we’ve got it covered…”
I work a for a direct digital marketing company (or something like that). I think we do websites, mail drops, and campaigns for charities – but I’m really not to sure to be honest. Possibly some of the charities we work for save African babies, and I think another is dedicated to stopping farmers piling bricks up on donkeys. The finer details elude me. Anyway, we have creative briefs where concepts are thrown around before we start any actual work on sites/campaigns. I’m just wondering the thought process that led to the team over at Lucozade deciding a photo mimicking an excited gay receiving a heavy faceful of jizz would be a good way to promote their product?
Even if I’ve got their campaign logic wrong – and there is no gay porn symbolism here – why would anyone want to squirt sticky lucozade in their face. I’d personally opt for the jism instead…
PS. If you’re not sure what “bukake”, I don’t recommend googling it at work…
