Weird Universe Blog — October 24, 2024

1000 Cigarettes

Plexiglas book. Pages are laminated with collage elements embedded. Collage elements comprised of debris from smoking 50 packages, a total of 1000, of Camel cigarettes including cigarette butts, match-book covers, burnt matches, ashes, and smoke. Book is Coptic bound with various colored threads. The front cover of the book is laser-etched with the title; the back cover is laser-etched with the name of the press. Dimensions: Book 29 x 22.5 x 6 cm. Container/box 32 x 25.5 x 9 cm. Unique, one-of-a-kind.

The box cover and internal tray are made by Mark Wagner. The cover is collaged from 1/4-inch slivers cut from packages of Camel cigarettes. These cut slivers are reconstructed to form the image of the camel and desert landscape as they appear on the package of Camel cigarettes.


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Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 24, 2024 - Comments (0)
Category: Art | Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack | Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art | Books | Smoking and Tobacco | Twenty-first Century

October 23, 2024

The Peanut Butter Painting

Inspired by peanut farmer Jimmy Carter becoming President, in 1977 Owensboro artist C.G. "Moose" Morehead used peanut butter to paint a picture of a barn — mixing the peanut butter (Jif) with oil colors. Morehead called it the "Peanut Butter Painting."

It's believed that this was the first time peanut butter was used as the medium for a painting. Jimmy Carter later signed the painting. And due to the interest in the painting, 2000 limited-edition prints were made of it, some of which can now be found on eBay. Though the prints obviously contain no peanut butter.

The Peanut Butter Painting





Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer - Feb 24, 1977

Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 23, 2024 - Comments (2)
Category: Art | 1970s

George Carl—“French Pantomimist”—on The Ed Sullivan Show

Prime time humor was really different, way back when.

Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 23, 2024 - Comments (0)
Category: Human Marvels | Humor | Television | 1960s | Europe

October 22, 2024

Fish Advertising

In 1961, the French patent office granted Robert-Oropei Martino a patent for a method of placing advertisements on fish. From his patent (translated via Google Translate):

It is known that the effect of advertising is largely determined by the medium chosen for it. It is recognized that advertising carried out on a mobile medium, in particular rotating, attracts much more attention than the same advertising on a fixed medium. Similarly, advertising on a medium not previously used is more effective than that carried by the usual media. According to the present invention, a particularly effective advertisement is produced by having it carried by fish in an aquarium, pond or other...

It is obviously possible to imagine many ways of having advertising carried by fish. According to the invention, a corset is preferably used, made to the dimensions of the subject in a material that is sufficiently flexible not to hinder it, and which is closed on it by any appropriate means. Such a corset can advantageously be made of plastic and it is possible to conform it to any profile deemed desirable. Preferably, to allow the fish complete freedom to flex its body around a vertical axis, the corset itself is provided with a very small width and is extended towards the rear or towards the front by panels or strips that are entirely free from each other and on which any desired printing or design can be provided. The attached drawing, given as an example, will allow a better understanding of the invention, the characteristics that it presents and the advantages that it is likely to provide...

It is understood that many corset conformations can be imagined, in particular depending on the anatomical conditions of the fish. Instead of using a complete corset properly speaking, it would obviously be possible to arrange a half corset visible on one side only and fixed in place in any appropriate manner, or even a simple panel suitably attached to the body of the fish.

On the other hand, although it seems advantageous to present the fish in an aquarium, the invention could also be implemented with fish placed in a pond or a body of water, the important thing being simply that the fish is perfectly visible and that the corset or other support that it carries can be clearly distinguished and detailed by the spectators.

More info: Patent No. FR1258965 (espacenet.com)

Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 22, 2024 - Comments (0)
Category: Advertising | Fish | 1960s

Follies of the Madmen #608

Man, this ad is all over the place!

Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 22, 2024 - Comments (2)
Category: Scatterbrained, Unfocused and Ditzy | Advertising | Junk Food | Twentieth Century

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