POPAI Awards: Marketing at Retail Awards; Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia...

Human Statue Bodyart was delighted to create the Gold POPAI Award in the form of a golden Indian Chief human statue.

About the Marketing at Retail Awards...

POPAI is global not-for-profit association for retail and shopper marketing. POPAI has over 1700 corporate member companies representing brand manufacturers and retailers, designers, agencies and producers of retail marketing from six continents and over 45 countries around the world.

When it comes to retail marketing, “what works and why?” is a question constantly being asked by marketers charged with growing successful brands whilst increasing ROI.

Since 2000, POPAI Australia & New Zealand has held an annual awards contest with the intent of raising the bar by recognising and rewarding excellence.

Entries vie for gold, silver, and bronze honours. POPAI’s highest honour, the Tom Harris Marketing at Retail Award, is selected from amongst the Gold Awards winners. Other Awards are given for outstanding performance in Design, Shopper Marketing and Innovation.

About

POPAI Australia & New Zealand delivers the latest insights, education, best practice and networking in the field of Marketing at Retail. www.popai.com.au

Mission

To be a successful, dynamic association operating as the focal point for Marketing at Retail excellence. 

We deliver outstanding service and value to our members in the areas of facilitation, education, information, best practice and networking for those in the Shopper Marketing arena.

Company Overview

POPAI is the only global, not-for-profit, association exclusively dedicated to the retail marketing industry. 

Our unique global network of 20 offices covering 45 countries is dedicated to serving in excess of 1,700 member companies worldwide with:

■Awards Recognition 

■Educational Opportunities 

■Market Intelligence 

■Global Contacts 

■Events & Networking Opportunities 

■Industry Research

Websites

POPAI Australia & New Zealand

www.popai.com.au

Human Statue Bodyart

www.humanstatuebodyart.com.au

Human Entertainment

www.humanentertainment.com.au

Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre

www.scec.com.au

Popai Marketing and Retail Awards - Human Statue Indian

Popai Marketing and Retail Awards - Human Statue Indian, a set on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
www.humanstatuebodyart.com.au

Green Lantern Bodyainting in Preperation

Green Lantern Bodyainting in Preperation, a set on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
www.humanstatuebodyart.com.au

Bodypainting Tango, Bodyart

Bodypainting Tango, Bodyart, a photo by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
www.humanstatuebodyart.com.au

A live body- painted Little Mermaid statue hits Sydney

A live body- painted Little Mermaid statue hits Sydney, a set on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
www.humanstatuebodyart.com.au

Little Mermaid Statue

Little Mermaid Statue, a photo by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer on Flickr.

Human Statue Bodyart creates human mermaid model; Photoshoot for international campaign

Human Statue Bodyart creates human mermaid model; Photo shoot for international campaign on Sydney beach makes worldwide splash; Sydney, Australia...

This past weekend a mermaid was seen bathing and soaking up the sun on the beautiful beaches of Sydney.

There's been numerous reports of the mermaid sighting both on Sydney Harbour, as well as swimming down to beaches Bondi Beach, Maroubra Beach and Malabar.

Australian media agencies confirm that they have started to received photo sets of images of a mermaid swimming, bathing and sunning herself, and experts advise that the photos were taken at Bondi Beach and / or Maroubra Beach, with local fishermen swearing they saw her swimming southward from Sydney Harbour.

An anonymous tip-off says that the Mermaid promotion is likely part of a paid tourism related campaign relating to a European tie in with the iconic Sydney Opera House of all places. One media commentator pinpoints the campaign originating from Denmark.

Rumours continue to swirl around as to how many companies and individuals are involved in this campaign that appears to have the look of a publicity stunt.

Mermaid: A mermaid is a legendary aquatic creature with the upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe, Africa and Asia. The first stories appeared in ancient Assyria, in which the goddess Atargatis transformed herself into a mermaid out of shame for accidentally killing her human lover. Mermaids are sometimes associated with perilous events such as floods, storms, shipwrecks and drownings. In other folk traditions (or sometimes within the same tradition), they can be benevolent or beneficent, bestowing boons or falling in love with humans.

Mermaids are associated with the mythological Greek sirens as well as with sirenia, a biological order comprising dugongs and manatees. Some of the historical sightings by sailors may have been misunderstood encounters with these aquatic mammals. 

Christopher Columbus reported seeing mermaids while exploring the Caribbean, and sightings have been reported in the 20th and 21st centuries in Canada, Israel and Zimbabwe. The U.S. National Ocean Service stated in 2012 that no evidence of mermaids has ever been found.

Mermaids have been a popular subject of art and literature in recent centuries, such as in Hans Christian Andersen's well-known fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" (1836). They have subsequently been depicted in operas, paintings, books, films and comics.

Websites

Human Statue Bodyart

www.humanstatuebodyart.com.au

Human Entertainment

www.humanentertainment.com.au

Australia official website

www.australia.com

Zeta Bar Body painting Sydney

Zeta Bar Body painting Sydney, a photo by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
www.humanstatuebodyart.com.au

Johnnie Walker Gold Bullion Body Painting Sydney

Johnnie Walker Gold Bullion Body Painting Sydney, a photo by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Johnnie Walker Gold Bullion Launch Body Painting Sydney
www.humanstatuebodyart.com.au

Johnnie Walker Gold Bullion Body Painting Sydney

Johnnie Walker Gold Bullion Body Painting Sydney, a photo by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Johnnie Walker Gold Bullion Launch Body Painting Sydney
www.humanstatuebodyart.com.au

gold bodypainting

gold bodypainting , a photo by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
www.humanstatuebodyart.com.au

Johnnie Walker Gold Bullion Body Painting Sydney

Johnnie Walker Gold Bullion Body Painting Sydney, a photo by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Johnnie Walker Gold Bullion Launch Body Painting Sydney
www.humanstatuebodyart.com.au

Johnnie Walker Gold Bullion Body Painting Sydney

Johnnie Walker Gold Bullion Body Painting Sydney, a photo by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Johnnie Walker Gold Bullion Launch Body Painting Sydney
www.humanstatuebodyart.com.au

Living Statues Sydney Australia

Living Statues Sydney Australia, a photo by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Human Statue Bodyart
www.humanstatuebodyart.com.au
Jay La Photography

Brad Pitt arrives on Sydney's red carpet for World War Z premiere

Brad Pitt arrives on Sydney's red carpet for World War Z premier - 9th June 2013...

Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt has arrived on the red carpet and he looks happy to be at the World War Z Australian premiere.

Dressed in a sharp black suit he waved to hundreds of fans at The Star, before posing for pictures and signing autographs.

It's all part of Paramount Pictures battle for the entertainment dollar, in this case, Australian dollars, as well as being part of the well documented "Aussie Casino Wars", with Echo Entertainment getting a leg up on James Packer's Crown Casino empire on this occasion. Last time we checked Hollywood's Tom Cruise was a Packer secret weapon, but looks like JP would do well to further expand his Hollywood pack; especially since Packer has some money tied up in Hollywood movie productions these days, but that's another story.

Pitt landed at Sydney Airport around 8am on a private jet before being escorted away in a private car to an inner city hotel (which may or may not have been 'The Darling' (part of The Star), another Echo Entertainment enterprise.

Having attended the global premiere of World War Z with his partner Angelina Jolie last week, Pitt is down under for the Australian premiere of the hot action movie.

There's rumours that Pitt's wife, Angelina Jolie, may have also come down under, but there's no photos or witnesses accounts to Jolie's presence.  Maybe she's waiting in the hotel room for Brad... just a thought.

Websites

World War Z

www.worldwarzmovie.com

World War Z (Australia)

www.worldwarz.com.au

Paramount Pictures (Australia)

www.paramountpicturesaustralia.com.au

The Star

www.star.com.au

The Darling

www.thedarling.com.au

Eva Rinaldi Photography

www.evarinaldi.com