Anatomy of the (POP)ular culture

Anatomy (from the Ancient Greek ἀνατέμνειν, anatemnein: ana, "separate, apart from", and temnein, "to cut up, cut open")

Splice today  interesting stuff please have a look. Splice Today is a website featuring idiosyncratic writing and visual presentation on topics of interest and concern to an audience that values perspective over popularity.

The art of Jason Freeny:) <====== have a look

 “Immaculate Confection”

 “Pneumatic Anatomica”

he does both digital images and sculptures...










another interesting thing i found on the other blog and wanted to re-blog it here..


Would you put this in your mouth? Photographer Erik Boker's Product Dissections project applies the critical lens of high school science class to various tools of dental hygiene.

'I wouldn’t imagine that anything so minty fresh could make me feel so queasy. In  Erik Boker’s “Product Dissections” he takes something as mundane as toothpaste and makes it organic and Frankenstein-ishly disturbing.'

 Aquafresh Extreme Clean – Empowermint

 Colgate Juniour – Bubble Fruit

'Dissecting the tubes with the same method as many of us experienced in Science class growing up, there’s a shiny sterility here that makes the crustacean-looking tubes seem almost more like victims of scientific experiments. There’s also something about the way their little caps are left on that look like heads to me… Perhaps they’re being dissected to find the secret of their tartar-fighting abilities.'

Colgate Maxfresh – Kiss Me Mint

'He’s also diligently labelled each photo with it’s appropriate toothpaste name, which for some reason makes it all the more weird. As if somehow knowing this glossy, dissected mint-insect used to be you average run of the mill tube of Aquafresh makes the transformation all the more unnerving.'

 Crest Whitening with Scope – Citrus Splash

what do u think? is it a pop art?

Boker gets right into it in a statement on his site:
“This project is an on-going exploration of the roles of art, nature, the consumer, the institution, product, fabrication, reality, taxonomy, and our relationships with seemingly insignificant objects and materials that affect us daily. … I am continually inspired by the function and treatment of both nature and the unnatural in our environment, and I continue to explore our understanding of their roles, and the inherent beauty, humour, and horror that lies within them.”

Thinking of the anatomy, what would u make as a brain of the pop culture? can we think of 'normal' as a food for the pop culture? and how about social media? is it the main structure, could it be bones?

group brainstorming... after what we thought of a LAD culture as our main interest. As its very viral and popular at the moment. Allot of people doing it and other lots really enjoy watching others doing it.

just the random blog on popular culture i really liked :) Pop Culture buzz .. really liked the "about"information on the side bar.

Territories of Practice 2012
 POP Culture

Pop culture may also be described as mass culture or popular culture or majority culture. Something common that is, a popular and prevalent among the general population in the community. It includes such things as sports, entertainment, lifestyle, music, including pop music, literature, media and visual arts. Food can also be a popular culture.

 The content of popular culture is due to daily events, desires and needs that make the lives of most of the population- mainstream. Now it is stated that Popular culture is the opposite of traditional culture. For me its a contentious question. Traditional can become popular as well as the other way round.
 

 
' Popular culture is often viewed as being trivial and dumbed-down in order to find consensual acceptance throughout the mainstream. As a result, it comes under heavy criticism from various non-mainstream sources (most notably religious groups and countercultural groups) which deem it superficial, consumerist, sensationalist, and corrupted.' -from Wikipedia


Painting of Mona Lisa by Fernando Botero and collage of former street magician Larry Moss (made out of the balloons) example how traditional becomes popular.

Something that is well known and traditional becomes part of the POP culture. Its like demotivators  nowadays - makes people recognise things that usually not noticeable in everyday life and look at it with irony and humour.

things related  :

subculture, cultural icon(s), fads, high and low cultures, public approval, pop art, pop icon, any word with POP base, Trash culture,
media in any represented ways.. and many more..

The aims of this blog its to:

• create a contemporary definition of Popular culture by deconstructing whats already there unpick and unpack
• create a deeper understanding of what these terms mean to us and their relationships to our practices 
• create a journey all the way through 

• either add something new or create a new Wikipedia page on this.

Pop culture is all around us. It leaps from magazine headings, glows from the cathode ray tubes of our televisions, and flickers across the screens of our mall multiplexes. We swim in it like fish in water, usually oblivious to its effects. Yet how often do we really think about it critically?

these are the pictures i found on line by typing in 'pop culture' it gives a clear idea of its stereotype thinking of it being something very bright and colourful. Something that's "POP" into your eyes. Not much of the details and again bright colours! Playful and with humour.

  Lady GAGA = pop culture?

video of lady GAGA's interview on ellen show and she is saying that 'popular culture is our religion'.