{"id":36232,"date":"2013-01-27T10:58:10","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T08:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=36232"},"modified":"2013-01-27T10:58:10","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T08:58:10","slug":"memorex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=36232","title":{"rendered":"Memorex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/55006097\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Memorex\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nMemorex is the advertising industry&#8217;s collective wet dream. The sequel to Smash TV&#8217;s critically acclaimed &#8220;Skinemax&#8221;, Memorex is a 50 minute VJ odyssey, a tribute to an entire generation who grew up with only a TV and a VCR for a babysitter.<\/p>\n<p>Sourced from over forty hours of 80s commercials pulled from warped VHS tapes, Memorex is a deep exploration of nostalgia and the fading cultural values of an era of excess. It&#8217;s a re-contextualization of ads &#8211; cultural detritus, the lowest of the low &#8211; into something altogether more profound, humorous, and at times, even beautiful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memorex is the advertising industry&#8217;s collective wet dream. The sequel to Smash TV&#8217;s critically acclaimed &#8220;Skinemax&#8221;, Memorex is a 50 minute VJ odyssey, a tribute to an entire generation who grew up with only a TV and a VCR for a babysitter. 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