tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888709689959980428.post4869507561787601743..comments2007-02-22T21:08:05.921+10:00Deucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05916255241105267062noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888709689959980428.post-39908458768449213532007-02-22T21:08:00.000+10:002007-02-22T21:08:00.000+10:00m0nks, your analysis is astute and the elegance of your prose fills my soul with joy. I can only aspire to your mecurial/magesterial style.<BR/><BR/>I will feature more graphic "design" here soon, and I hope you can find time to grace us with your insight.<BR/><BR/>Thank you from the depths of my soul!Deucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05916255241105267062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888709689959980428.post-81095673314712820572007-02-22T18:23:00.000+10:002007-02-22T18:23:00.000+10:00<B>Overview</B> Here, the monkey, man's predecessor - now culturally identified as "cheeky" and "fun" (capitalised on by the Paul Frank fashion brand) - is now re-contextualized as a benevolent thief. The reference to the sea, may be a reference to Sea Monkey an open source software project, or even to a story of a monkey be hung after a ship wreck in Harlepool, England. The primate was washed up on a beach and mistaken for a French spy.<BR/><B>Interpetation</B><BR/>The logo may also be seen as a progression from the 'lab monkey as representation of man' as exemplified in 'Sugar Ape magazine 'in cult TV series Nathan Barley authored by Chris Morris. The monkey as icon as slave to the economy has been replaced by one as a pirate, a liberated slave?<BR/><B>Analysis</B> Conceptually the logo surfs the crest of the zeitgeist. If the artist want to merge media and message, he or she might want to consider the means of production: i.e the relationship the software used to produce the work has bearing on the context the logo appears and the irony which my deliberately, mischievously, or unintentionally woven into its meaning. Otherwise the irony of the tools used is left hanging resulting in post modern irony, a deliciously pompous and mischievous strategy. Either way, it is a winner.<BR/><B>Summary</B><BR/>I hope that this has been constructive and is taken in the spirit it is intended: from one 'lab monkey as repressed human' avatar created by an artist, the king, the one and only m0nks back after being away.<BR/>Peace and respect to Ian Brown, king monkey.m0nks@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888709689959980428.post-37396497533912160672007-02-19T15:29:00.000+10:002007-02-19T15:29:00.000+10:00He's still working last I checked... Yep, <A HREF="http://mptw.tiddlyspot.com/" REL="nofollow">there he is</A> right on the home page.Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06895126101473783305noreply@blogger.com