What do you think?

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/dont-call-pop-culture-art--its-rubbish-20100209-npjc.html

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I'm not so sure...

No-names Analysis

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No-name, (teddy foot)
2008
blankets, knit Afghans, pillows,mattress covers, couch cushions, thread, twine
7.5' x 4' x 6.5'
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http://www.elisabethhigginsoconnor.com/
http://www.davidsalowgallery.com/David_Salow_Gallery/No_Names.html
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Semiotics

http://www.uvm.edu/~tstreete/semiotics_and_ads/contents.html

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Sign => connotations, associations, meanings to us

Syntagm = group of signs (present)

Paradigm = related signs (not present)

From our experiencing groups of signs we form cultural expectations

These cultural expectations form Codes

When codes become stories we tell ourselves they become Myths

Myths are then principle in forming our belief system

Our belief system can be known as our Ideology

But our ideology can change as we incorperate new myths and or discount old ones.

Entertainment Tonight

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Avatar (Movie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1_JBMrrYw8&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XiPrbTzDDY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0AsiW8klVY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_(2009_film)
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Gaming
The U.S. video game industry boomed in the early 2000s and became one of the leading forms of entertainment in terms of total revenue.

Presently, the industry is at around $22 billion for 2008 (conservative estimate) in the US and $30 to $40 billion globally. Here is how it compares with other entertainment industries.

Music industry - $10 billion (US)[39] and $30 to $40 billion globally [40][41]
Movie industry - $9.5 billion (US)[42] and $27 billion globally.[43]
Book industry - $35.69 billion (US 2007) [44] and roughly $63 billion globally (2002) (Euromonitor Intl)
DVD industry - $23 billion (US)[45] (buying $16B, renting $7B)

It surpassed the U.S. movie and music industry in 2005 and 2007 respectively. In the 2008, the UK industry blew past the music industry and is expected top DVD sales in the near future.[46]
http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Video_game_industry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_culture
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Avatar (Game)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU__ULnPB0k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiMsScZp264&NR=1
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Disaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI1qJnF-gAQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGX7krQYI_4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL3QwRZcZk4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEMWh6EjJoY
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War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBd8Fl6gGdI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPVHd2WMF_w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niwF6TEsw5w