Rock Stars as Household Machines

Michael Jackson as a Dot Matrix Printer Joey Ramone as a Telegraph Key Janis Joplin as a Miter Saw Marilyn Manson as an Oscillating Fan Thom Yorke as an Aerial Drone

A fast-paced black-and-white animated sequence turns famous musicians into absurd machines: Michael Jackson becomes a dot matrix printer, Joey Ramone a telegraph key, Janis Joplin a miter saw, Marilyn Manson an oscillating fan, and Thom Yorke an aerial drone. Each drawing pairs the celebrity’s recognizable face and vocal or visual style with the imagined noise and movement of the machine, while the humming, beatboxing, music, and chant-like rhythm make the escalating montage feel like a bizarre musical performance. It works as an absurd reaction meme about artists being reduced to the strange mechanical sounds they seem to make. EN: A fast-paced black-and-white animated sequence turns famous musicians into absurd machines: Michael Jackson becomes a dot matrix printer, Joey Ramone a telegraph key, Janis Joplin a miter saw, Marilyn Manson an oscillating fan, and Thom Yorke an aerial drone. Each drawing pairs the celebrity’s recognizable face and vocal or visual style with the imagined noise and movement of the machine, while the humming, beatboxing, music, and chant-like rhythm make the escalating montage feel like a bizarre musical performance. It works as an absurd reaction meme about artists being reduced to the strange mechanical sounds they seem to make.

• @gentoomemes / 13331 2024-09-14