Dell’s the computer to use if taking photos of fat guys farting is your thing

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Clayton Sotos – Visual Innovators from Visual Innovators on Vimeo.

[Editor’s note: 2/22, 4:20PM: Lots of people are asking me if this is a hoax, and I’ve suspected from the start that it is. I submitted it without comment because I want our readers to come to their own conclusion. Mat Honan from Gizmodo, a long-time friend of the Loop, has been doing some digging, so if you’re really curious about the story behind this, feel free to check in.]



72 thoughts on “Dell’s the computer to use if taking photos of fat guys farting is your thing”

  4. Holy shit, this has to be a joke. Dell couldn’t have actually sponsored the capture of a fat man farting as how they fit into a creative workflow.

    Best. Commercial. Ever.

  9. Warning: Due to the lame nature of  Mr. Soto’s work, some images (and most of the dialog) in this video may be considered incomprehensible by normal people. 

  14. Oh. My. God. Has Michael Dell finally given up and let the inmates take over the asylum?

  26. Gives a whole new meaning to “This commercial stinks”.

    Just had to go there with this 2 cents worth. 

    Sorry

  28. Lets leave aside the whole area of what the guy’s taking pictures of and whether it’s even serious or not (I can well imagine it is).

    Just what exactly is this supposed to say about Dell products?

    The Dell computer didn’t facilitate any aspect of his research or communication (his iPhone seemed to handle that) and he was using an expensive-looking medium format camera to take the actual shots.

    We see him review a few shots on an embarrassingly unresponsive touch screen using software that Dell doesn’t make, aaaaaand… that’s it?

    Why the hell would anyone go and search out a Dell because of this? What does it tell me I’ll be able to do with a Dell that I can’t do with any other commodity PC that runs the same third party OS and apps?

  31. That’s a friend of mine on the table. He told me that Michael Dell paid for this production out of his own pocket. Dell is watching through a peephole on the far side of the studio.

  35. It’s clearly a hoax. Why is a supposed Dell campaign on a completely different domain?  Why is the “Visual Innovators” website nothing more than a video, and why is that website obviously dedicated to this one video only, ie “fartist_websitebackground.png”?
    And why would anyone think that Dell would actually do this?

    …I still laughed my ass off though.

  39. Right, just like Mat Honan said on Gizmodo. I have no doubt it’s a hoax. It’s hilarious, though.

  44. All I need is this Dell. And this camera. And this urban loft. And this assistant. And this lighting rig. And this cellphone. And this gaseous model. And the powdery stuff. And patrons who think vortexes are more fascinating when fart-induced. But, without that Dell Inspiron, I clearly almost wouldn’t be the visual innovator I think I am.

  53. Dell is the new choice for artistic creation across all media. It’s nice to see them going after these niche markets.

  57. This looks like a PORTLANDIA sketch. Seriously, if you remove the Dell logo in the end, it totally looks like a portlandia sketch.

  58. Thanks for setting us straight, Lionel. And thanks to Dell for being such great sports about this. It’s definitely brightened our day.

  61. I am pretty sure this is Dell pretending to pretending to be Dell. Hypertrolling to spread a viral video among the creative crowd. And apparently, they succeeded 🙂

  62. “I am a facilitator of moments”

    That ain’t what I say he facilitated! Too fuckin’ funny!

    This has to be an HP hack job, yes?

  65. Why can’t Vimeo support non-Flash playback? Sure I could reload the page in Chromium, the question though is is it really worth it? Think I’ll pass this time.

  67. Yup, that was me… Michael Q. Schmidt…  an actor for Tim and Eric, yes, and for many others… but as an artmodel I am willing to give a filmmaker or artist whatever special WTF moment they might need.

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