Post by Ace on Apr 1, 2010 4:52:45 GMT -5
Yes... just what you thought ... and just in time for Easter ... Peep Dioramas!
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/magazine/peeps2010/index.html
Pick of the Peeps: Peeps dioramas serve up a candy-colored take on pop culture
Peeps Show IV
Our fourth annual Washington Post Peeps Diorama Contest drew more than 1,100 sugar-inspired entries. See the winner -- a candy-colored take on the movie "Up" -- and 37 of our favorites.
Our annual Peeps diorama contest is a cultural barometer -- a three-dimensional essay on the state of the nation's collective consciousness, a sticky finger on the pulse of what's popular. This year's 1,100-plus entries told us what's on your minds once again, and we sifted through that flood of submissions, painstakingly narrowing the contenders in our fourth annual contest down to 50, then down to five, and finally down to one.
Dozens of dioramas showcased Shaun White's Olympic conquests, while other tiny scenes took their competitive cues from curling and hockey. A slew of dioramas captured the nonathletic exploits of Tiger Woods and Gilbert Arenas. And there was plenty of localized fodder, as well: The Salahis, the record snowfall and the departure of Tai Shan all warranted the Peeps treatment. Even the gun-toting police officer from the 14th and U streets snowball fight got to live on in sweet infamy.
Lest you think our little competition is lowbrow, consider the metaphysical implications of a diorama of two Peeps making a diorama, or one in which a group of Peeps visits an exhibition of Peeps dioramas. A handful of pop culture devotees used the marshmallow medium to remember some recently deceased icons, including Michael Jackson, Patrick Swayze and J.D. Salinger -- not one but two entries memorialized the author of "The Catcher in the Rye."
But we had to choose a winner, and after much thought, debate and up-close-and-personal inspection, the Magazine staff was won over by the impressive craftsmanship that went into a representation of the Oscar-winning animated flick "Up."
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/magazine/peeps2010/index.html
Pick of the Peeps: Peeps dioramas serve up a candy-colored take on pop culture
Peeps Show IV
Our fourth annual Washington Post Peeps Diorama Contest drew more than 1,100 sugar-inspired entries. See the winner -- a candy-colored take on the movie "Up" -- and 37 of our favorites.
Our annual Peeps diorama contest is a cultural barometer -- a three-dimensional essay on the state of the nation's collective consciousness, a sticky finger on the pulse of what's popular. This year's 1,100-plus entries told us what's on your minds once again, and we sifted through that flood of submissions, painstakingly narrowing the contenders in our fourth annual contest down to 50, then down to five, and finally down to one.
Dozens of dioramas showcased Shaun White's Olympic conquests, while other tiny scenes took their competitive cues from curling and hockey. A slew of dioramas captured the nonathletic exploits of Tiger Woods and Gilbert Arenas. And there was plenty of localized fodder, as well: The Salahis, the record snowfall and the departure of Tai Shan all warranted the Peeps treatment. Even the gun-toting police officer from the 14th and U streets snowball fight got to live on in sweet infamy.
Lest you think our little competition is lowbrow, consider the metaphysical implications of a diorama of two Peeps making a diorama, or one in which a group of Peeps visits an exhibition of Peeps dioramas. A handful of pop culture devotees used the marshmallow medium to remember some recently deceased icons, including Michael Jackson, Patrick Swayze and J.D. Salinger -- not one but two entries memorialized the author of "The Catcher in the Rye."
But we had to choose a winner, and after much thought, debate and up-close-and-personal inspection, the Magazine staff was won over by the impressive craftsmanship that went into a representation of the Oscar-winning animated flick "Up."