I remember being impressed by a videotape in the collection of Toronto's A Space which
documented the process of conceptualization of a number of advertising slogans and
campaigns, even to the extent of assigning a literal cash value to corporate formulations
which bore a distant relationship to lines of poetry and/or early conceptual art. The
poet/performer Victor Coleman, who directed A Space at the time (1975), may have
recommended this video (possibly entitled "Ad Land") to me.
Barry Alpert
On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 15:31:21 +0100, Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Peter wrote:
>> Just received an email from Staples.com with the subject line:
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>> TWO WORDS: Bo. Nus.
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>>
>> Is this the start of corporate conceptual poetry?
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>I have one for them:
>
>Bol. Locks.
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