Cock: Indian firework art collection

Posted by Cory Doctorow, January 7, 2008 4:24 AM |
Cock: Indian Firework Art is a beautiful collection of artwork that has adorned the packaging for Indian fireworks, presented as a long, fold-out, two-sided continuous seven-metre fan of heavy coated card. The subject matter varies wildly -- religious iconography, of course, but also medieval knights, contemporary tanks and materiel, innumerable sexy starlets, wild animals facing down brave hunters, flexing strongmen, holy men and circus scenes. For all the variety, they all share a common trait -- they are garish, exuberant and infinitely alluring. Frankly, they make me want to blow stuff up. About half of the images come from Cock-brand fireworks, the rest from a variety of Indian manufacturers. All are lovely -- not a dud in the bunch. Link to Cock on Amazon UK, Link to Cock on Amazon US
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#4 posted by Simon Greenwood Author Profile Page, January 7, 2008 7:19 AM

This has been around for a long time - I bought it maybe six or seven years ago. It's a lovely thing for all that because of the hyperrealness of the printing processes. There's a similar Taschen book that I found a couple of years later for a pound in a remaindered bookshop, but, oddly enough for Taschen, there isn't so much Cock.

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#7 posted by autark , January 7, 2008 10:45 AM

This took me right back to India... I was just there for Diwali which is when all these fireworks are for sale, and I bought and exploded my fair share of Cock! "Buy the Best COCK" as their advertising says.

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#8 posted by jocoska , January 7, 2008 11:44 AM

The logo of the word "Cock" on the book cover very strongly resembles the logo of the best ex-Yugoslavian (now Slovenian) cola drink Cockta (font, color, shadow). Visit the site and see the resemblence: www.cockta.eu .

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#10 posted by tohoscope Author Profile Page, January 8, 2008 11:04 AM

I got my Cock about six years ago. I'm not sure where my Cock is now. I'm sure my Cock is in storage somewhere. I'll have to look for my Cock when I get some free time.

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