Via The Loop by Jim Dalrymple & Peter Cohen, a 3:30 video profiling Clayton Sotos from Dell’s new ‘Visual Innovators’ series.
“Renowned photographer Clayton Sotos is the first Innovator for our new ‘Visual Innovators’ series,” Dell’s “Visual Innovators” Vimeo channel explains.
Dell exhorts: Follow his artistic process as he gathers inspiration from city life.
MacDailyNews Take: If not a hoax, this vid is designed expressly to go viral, but horribly misconceived. It plays exactly like a pre-recorded SNL parody.
BTW: Apple should sue to have that iPhone 4S in Sotos’ hand pixellated beyond recognition. God only knows what Sotos is pinching and zooming.
[UPDATE: 5:01pm ET: Dell disavows: “This video is in no way affiliated with Dell, but it’s great to see creative professionals get inspiration from using our products. Our dell.com/takeyourownpath program is all about celebrating people who take their own professional path. Regarding this parody, we consider imitation to be the sincerest form of flattery.”]
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dale S.” for the heads up.]
Clearly shows how clueless and lost Dell has become.
Saw the MDN notification… Read it…
Not sure I wanted to know wtf it was.
Damn curiosity.
and the damn app won’t let you watch it on ios… Safari does though.
Vid tells me I need flash… Lol
Beyond words
TMI!!!!
Too long.
To paraphrase Forrest Gump:
“Dull is as Dell does”
You got it right, pal.
Are they serious? Is this really art?
Never said better: “Shit happens… and fart”
How disgusting.
That’s what she said
What the heck? Should I laugh or cry ?
Next time my Microsoft-sold IT manager proposes to buy Dell computers I will refer to this gem.
Oh. My. Gosh. No. No. No. This is sick. This is NOT art. Sorry. This is a man who is lost in his own mind. Wow.
Wow… I could feel my eyes charring… whether it was from the fat guy or the dell logo… I will never know. 🙁
That CAN NOT be real!!!
No company can be THAT stupid!
Yes, they can. Anyone who buys a Dell from now on should have to what this video once a day until they buy an Apple computer.
Dell is that stupid. They have become synonymous with being sick and stupid
My eye are permanently scarred. Why would someone do that and call it art? I guess it plays into Dell’s strengths, whatever they may be.
MY EYES!!!!!! *AHHHHHHHH*
And who the heck would take the advice of an ugly-as-sin chain-smoking guy with snot hanging out of his nose? He had no personality, no warmth, no friendly smile, nothing that would make me want to explore a Dell. And of course the subject of his photo shoot – photos of dust being blown into the air by flatulence? Give me a break! Dell has truly hit (round) rock bottom with this one. What’s next? A video of a Dell-inspired colonoscopy?
Dell has become Dell-usional
The responses here remind me of people who can’t tell The Onion is satire.
Completely right. Anyone who thought this was real after watching to the very end may not have a fully developed sense of humor.
this is not satire—how can you suggest that? I’m inspired…
I’m buying a Dell.
If you dont recognize this as satire then I’d say you’re definitely Dell’s target market ;^)
Please I hope it’s not a hoax but a real deal from DELL!
It is not a hoax. Check it out on Vimeo. Dell is as sick as this guy.
Maybe DELL can be inspired or tackle the failed “Smell-O-Vision” technique back in the 70’s or was it 80’s?
Great metaphor for the state of Dell. At least know where it’s headed next.
What is it we are but a puff of smoke, and a facilitator of moments. Moment’s moments, as the creation of gas which explodes into nothingness, a certain net asset value, puff, yes a puff in the wind, that is what we make, our total market cap if you will. the value goes, puff, puff, a fart in the wind then down down like, madness. From 18 to 17 in a puff of a facilitated moment. Gone gone your investment vanishes like corpulent gas. O Mikey O Mikey. The horror. the horror.
Some here think it is from The Onion, but it is not it is real and the video has the dell name on it on Vimeo. This is the sickest thing I have seen in years. If Dell approved this then they should be put out of business. I will use this video to show why you should NOT buy a dell product. I will also close my Vimeo account.
Hahaha! Brilliant parody! Only in SF would they find this to be art.
He kind of looks like Woody Alien.
Dell disavows: “blahblahblah… Regarding this parody, we consider imitation to be the sincerest form of flattery.”
Yeah, but this isn’t imitation. It’s PARODY, like you said. Parody ≠ flattery. It means something else entirely. Hey Dell, you might want to WAKE UP IN THERE!
You still don’t get it? Let’s examine the script:
“It INSPIRES me. (Do you see it? Do you feel it?)….” We’re talking about a Dell Inspiron PC here. The video is riddled with puns and horrific reference to what’s going on. It’s scary funny.
And now I’m scarred for life.
Kudos! Still chuckling over this one…..
This was almost NSFW — MDN should consider warning people in advance.
I’ve always wondered. If he ate hot buffalo wings would the flames be bigger and brighter?
Look I am no fan of Dell, however Dell can not let this continue. This is not satire. Well it is, but there is no way to tell that Dell did not produce this video therefore there is every reason to believe this is real, except the farts. Therefore, they need to sue for clarity.
I mean it’s so well done, you believe it’s serous up unit the very last moment, when the “smoke” billows.