Ad Adcta Adsumus

Ad Adcta Adsumus  
2023
Animation and Audio
MidJourney, Adobe Animate, GarageBand, Audacity, Adobe Audition

Ad Adcta Adsumusis Latin for “We are the Records'. In the end, I believe that commercials will be the most accurate depiction of humanity. They reflect not only the commercial nature of the consumerist society in which we live, but they also represent  the current trends of each year. I sought to create a depiction of humanity and the world through this consumerist chaos. I remixed audio from several commercials together to create a very cacophonous song.  This song tells the story of accidents, car insurance, khakis, and the many side effects that come from life. The album cover was originally generated in MidJourney using the prompt: “Geico meets Jake from State Farm meets Lil Sweet, at the opera, with french fries in the audience, car insurance, oil painting.”  I added to the image by hand drawing an animated fire cycle behind the baby. The album cover is supposed to represent the beginning and the end of humanity with an added dash of car insurance.