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hmm...the ideas come from all over
There's an old coffee table book about propaganda posters...don't remember the book name, but the Author was named Zeman (how AS is that?...
They Cylon poster came from the first episode of BSG, where they made their point about who was who with the subtlety of a 2 by 4...
The airship poster is from Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow...I modeled the robot ships..

Beautiful.

I love it.

What about the opening ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympics? There isn't a finer contemporary example of social realism in performance art. Thousands of red Chinese moving as one macro-organism; a humble tribute to the glory and vision of the Chairman.

Och, definitely! I remember I was watching it and I thought it's like Leni's movie.

Ok, let's see it again (there's no 2?):

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ItRrO6P1W4[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3so3sqi8-Y[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq7NNdvFVfY[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP7i0FmareE[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-cYQeg4Kzg[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPl8SiRF7ME[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBdhMJFXaX8[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apN5VgQ_FcM[/youtube]

I find propaganda posters interesting my favourite ones are form Soviet Russia and form the DPRK. I always find it interesting about the message they are trying to send its intresting the psychology of the images that they use. Plus they look good as well I once saw a book about Soviet posters.I will have to get it one day.

yeah, one of my less popular tastes.
i saw Laibach live once & it was great.

i also have a thing for Chinese Propaganda Posters--but that's rather a different aesthetic.

m.

Slideshow of North Korean Art

I love the music of Shostakovich since it expresses such despair and alienation. Soviet artists were under tremendous pressure to play a constructive role in supporting the government, the party, and uplifting people's spirits to encourage greater effort and greater production. Shostakovich 7th symphony was a tribute to the resilience of his hometown of Leningrad during the nazi seige and inspired great patriotic fervor.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mx5B-UVQsw&feature=related[/youtube]


His eagerly awaited 8th symphony is a depressive masterpiece that did not meet the expectations of the government:


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKcQcOGwYVo&feature=related[/youtube]

The second movement of his tenth symphony is believed to be a musical interpretation of the fear and chaos created by Stalin:



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC-pqRMasPQ[/youtube]

I love this:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZxxhxjgnC0[/youtube]