STATE OF THE ART
A COLUMN FOR SOCIALIST REVIEW MAGAZINE
The Overall Sale Experience
March 2006
Anyone entering the Selfridges store in London
for their new year sale in January may have wondered if the store
wasn't doing its best to put off potential customers.
The New McCarthyism
April 2006
On the morning of 21 May 2004, artist Steven Kurtz
awoke to find his wife Hope lying dead beside him.
Reality.net
May 2006
Making visible the invisible is a key concept in
Marxist and modernist aesthetics.
Nike Loses Ground from Hackney to Vienna
June 2006
It's unusual for Hackney's New Labour council to
come over all anti-capitalist. But wonders never cease. The council
has threatened Nike with legal action after the sportswear giant produced
a range of kit and equipment bearing an exact replica of the council's
logo, without seeking permission.
Time for a Commercial Break?
July 2006
Have you found that while waiting for the 73 bus
you hear voices?
Don't Go, Don't Rush, Don't
Spend
September 2006
Cesky Sen (Czech Dream) is a film that documents
the largest consumer hoax the Czech Republic has ever seen.
Here
and Now
October 2006
Sometimes when advertisers stop attempting to sell
us that brand of toilet paper or this brand of baked beans and apply
their creative energies to a more needy and worthwhile cause they can
produce stunning pieces of visual communication.
Urban Inspiration
November 2006
"The rich may have to live in gated communities
while the poor roam the world outside those few enclaves," said
Branko Milanovic from the Development Research Group at the World Bank
in 2002. Taking a visit to any major city in Britain will show you this
process in action.
Identikit Hot
December 2006
How the media uses technology to create unrealistic
images of women
Torture Couture
January 2007
Post-9/11, there's a trend towards combining torture
and pornography.
NB: This article should have been referenced in this essay and wasn't
by mistake apologies to the author
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