Banner Highway 01

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A browser-based visual poetry series that reimagines classic Burma-Shave roadside poems using archived banner ads from the 1990s–early 2000s.

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# Banner Highway 01 Source: [https://highway-01.banner-depot-2000.net/](https://highway-01.banner-depot-2000.net/) *Get on the fast lane,汽车是旅行的工具*is the first installment in Banner Highway, a browser\-based visual poetry series reimagining classic Burma\-Shave roadside advertisement\-poems for the Information Superhighway\. The banners come from Banner Depot 2000, a web\-based archive of 1990s–early 2000s banner ads \([banner\-depot\-2000\.net](https://banner-depot-2000.net/)\)\. By[Switcheristic Telecommunications](https://swtch.tel/):[Richard Lewei Huang](https://lewei.me/)&[Yufeng Zhao](https://yufengzhao.com/)\. Logo design by[Kay Zeng](https://www.kayzeng.com/)\. ### Music - [bossa\.mid](https://discmaster.textfiles.com/view/16403/Roland%20-%20An%20Invitation%20To%20The%20Roland%20World%20Of%20Music.bin/vb/gm-sound/midi/bossa.mid), An Invitation to Roland World of Music - [poprock\.mid](https://discmaster.textfiles.com/view/16403/Roland%20-%20An%20Invitation%20To%20The%20Roland%20World%20Of%20Music.bin/vb/gm-sound/midi/poprock.mid), An Invitation to Roland World of Music - [demo0004\.mid](https://discmaster.textfiles.com/view/812/Monster%20Media%20No.%2012%20(Third%20Quarter%201995)(Monster%20Media,%20Inc.).ISO/soundu/megam111.zip/DEMO0004.MID), Monster Media No\. 12 - [dreamy\.mid](https://discmaster.textfiles.com/view/33218/MDKBeta_Release3.iso/mdk/mmext/dreamy.mid), Microsoft Multimedia Development Kit 0\.9 Beta ### Banners Click on any banner along the highway to view its original metadata and source\.

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