Mmmmm, Nutella... Ewwww, Cheez Whiz...
November 25, 2013 11:46 AM Subscribe
Pro-Bono Promo In which artist Dori Pankowska puts product logo/names on walls, using the product itself. It's not graffiti, it's like free advertising with free samples! (Why hasn't anybody thought of this before?)
I thought this was a double with a long contentious thread in which mefites were angry about wasted Nutella but it appears I have made up this entire scenario in my head, despite the fact that it feels extremely familiar.
posted by elizardbits at 11:55 AM on November 25, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by elizardbits at 11:55 AM on November 25, 2013 [5 favorites]
Why hasn't anybody thought of this before?
YOU'RE NEXT, the no-wait blood bank tried this. It did not turn out well.
posted by griphus at 12:04 PM on November 25, 2013 [2 favorites]
YOU'RE NEXT, the no-wait blood bank tried this. It did not turn out well.
posted by griphus at 12:04 PM on November 25, 2013 [2 favorites]
Take two:
LEAVE NOW, the no-wait blood bank...
Anyway, I hope the artist follows up on these. I would love to know what happens when you leave something like Cheez Whiz exposed to the elements for weeks. Mainly because I have some suspicion some of these food products, again, like Cheez Whiz, will be completely unaffected.
posted by griphus at 12:12 PM on November 25, 2013
LEAVE NOW, the no-wait blood bank...
Anyway, I hope the artist follows up on these. I would love to know what happens when you leave something like Cheez Whiz exposed to the elements for weeks. Mainly because I have some suspicion some of these food products, again, like Cheez Whiz, will be completely unaffected.
posted by griphus at 12:12 PM on November 25, 2013
You're Next was far from shitty, and it was produced by a MeFite.
posted by Faint of Butt at 12:15 PM on November 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Faint of Butt at 12:15 PM on November 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
The best part is that "Skippy" appears to have been extensively sampled by squirrels
posted by ook at 12:32 PM on November 25, 2013
posted by ook at 12:32 PM on November 25, 2013
What is "Hilroy"? I had to look it up and apparently they make office supplies--is that one done in something like Wite-Out?
posted by dlugoczaj at 12:38 PM on November 25, 2013
posted by dlugoczaj at 12:38 PM on November 25, 2013
inthe80s: "because that's how you get ants. "
It's also why I'm cancelling this year's Fourth of Juluau. My God, the things you people did with that poi. Just... ech.
posted by Malory Archer at 12:53 PM on November 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
It's also why I'm cancelling this year's Fourth of Juluau. My God, the things you people did with that poi. Just... ech.
posted by Malory Archer at 12:53 PM on November 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
This is actually very cool! I hope the artist does it with jam.
posted by turbid dahlia at 12:59 PM on November 25, 2013
posted by turbid dahlia at 12:59 PM on November 25, 2013
Isn't using the Sharpie slightly cheating?
posted by arcticseal at 1:14 PM on November 25, 2013
posted by arcticseal at 1:14 PM on November 25, 2013
I hope the artist does it with jam.
I want her to do it without using something spreadable. Like Pella Windows or Northface jackets.
posted by Lutoslawski at 1:43 PM on November 25, 2013 [3 favorites]
I want her to do it without using something spreadable. Like Pella Windows or Northface jackets.
posted by Lutoslawski at 1:43 PM on November 25, 2013 [3 favorites]
For a brief moment, I thought this was about Bono, which would have made this...interesting.
posted by slogger at 1:45 PM on November 25, 2013
posted by slogger at 1:45 PM on November 25, 2013
I guarantee the Cheez Whiz will be the last left standing. Ok, other than the Sharpie and WhiteOut. Anyone who's ever tried to scrub dried Cheez off a knife knows this.
posted by yellowbinder at 2:34 PM on November 25, 2013
posted by yellowbinder at 2:34 PM on November 25, 2013
I look forward to "Pro Bono Promo 2", which must include Smuckers (Strawberry Jam), Welch's (Grape Jelly), Hidden Valley Ranch (Dressing), Ocean Spray (Cranberry Sauce), Kiwi (Shoe Polish - remember that?), DAP (caulking compound), Campbell's (Tomato Soup - because a Warhol callback is needed) and, of course, HuyFong Sriracha (yes, she has to paint the entire rooster logo).
posted by oneswellfoop at 3:33 PM on November 25, 2013
posted by oneswellfoop at 3:33 PM on November 25, 2013
Why hasn't anybody thought of this before?
British artist Grayson Perry in his recent BBC Reith Lecture:
"I did a pot once called the Lovely Consensus and I put on it the fifty names of collectors and galleries and exhibitions that I might be in, almost like the perfect CV, written onto this pot in a decorative way and it was in my show for the Turner Prize [2003], and one of the names on that pot was a very famous art collector called Dakis Jouannou and he saw the pot, bought it on the phone while he was looking at it in the Tate Gallery. So that’s just as an aside, little tip there to any artist. What you might want to do is write the name of famous collectors on the side of your work."
posted by Mister Bijou at 10:17 PM on November 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
British artist Grayson Perry in his recent BBC Reith Lecture:
"I did a pot once called the Lovely Consensus and I put on it the fifty names of collectors and galleries and exhibitions that I might be in, almost like the perfect CV, written onto this pot in a decorative way and it was in my show for the Turner Prize [2003], and one of the names on that pot was a very famous art collector called Dakis Jouannou and he saw the pot, bought it on the phone while he was looking at it in the Tate Gallery. So that’s just as an aside, little tip there to any artist. What you might want to do is write the name of famous collectors on the side of your work."
posted by Mister Bijou at 10:17 PM on November 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
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