“Our dreams are the last safe and ad-free places so it seems. But what happens when advertisers have the possibility to enter our dreams? Based on recent developments in brain science and technology this might be possible in the near future.”
The artists from Studio Smack, based in the Netherlands, have produced this thought-provoking video that is highly representative of our age, which is characterized by the polishing of the art of persuasion for commercial purposes, to the point that it’s been turned into a career at the university level.
Posted January 11, 2016
nice clip- reminds of cigarette billboard advertising in uk in 1970/80s -silk cut /benson and hedges etc – when they were not allowed to be so explicit about showing product being used etc