From: Reason (reason@exratio.com)
Date: Sun Mar 02 2003 - 15:52:23 MST
I have a project I'd like to get underway for the Longevity Meme
(www.longevitymeme.org, although it would be mostly organization-neutral)
that requires competent artists to donate some time. I personally, to my
regret, have the artistic talent of the proverbial sack of blind hedgehogs.
Hence the need for help.
I want to put together and widely propagate some memetically appealing
anti-aging, life-extension and quasi-political motivational/propaganda
posters in a distinct style (e.g. 40s/50s propaganda, 70s public awareness,
etc). These would be similar in art and tone to the faux works that have
been doing the rounds on the net for the past couple of years. I'm aiming
for effects that tweak the right memesets for people to collect, pass
around, point out, print out and give to friends.
e.g. http://quoth09.mystarband.net/off/paranoia.htm
(There are whole archives of these things online. The anti-globalization
people have a guy who churns out posters that parody or satirize famous
propaganda and public awareness art of past decades).
I'm thinking things along the lines of: A set of shadowy arms holding
knives. The knives are labelled "ban research," "phony 'human dignity',"
"manipulate politicians," "lie to the people." Caption the whole thing "The
President's Council on Bioethics Is STABBING AMERICA'S HEALTH IN THE BACK!"
Stuff like this, but witter and more memetically attractive :) I'd like to
get a group together to brainstorm and gather some artists. I'll be posting
this to various places, but hopefully I can tie down discussions to a single
location once I have some contributers. I know there are some fabulously
witty people on this list, so I'd be disappointed if no-one contributes
suggested poster outlines that are way better than my thirty second idea
above.
Feel free to forward on as you see fit...
Reason
Founder, Longevity Meme
reason@longevitymeme.org
http://www.longevitymeme.org/
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