Giraffes on Horseback Salad by Salvador Dalí - Google, The Dalí Museum | Clapboard Ad Archive

Giraffes on Horseback Salad by Salvador Dalí is a landmark campaign from Google and The Dalí Museum, crafted by Goodby Silverstein & Partners, that bridges nearly a century of creative ambition with today’s most advanced technology in the Electronics, Technology, and Movies industries. The campaign revives Salvador Dalí’s unrealized 1937 screenplay, transforming his surreal, complex vision into a tangible cinematic experience through the power of Google Cloud and the DeepMind Veo 2 generative video model, augmented by Imagen on Vertex AI. By presenting the official trailer of this avant-garde film, the campaign does more than celebrate a legendary artist’s dream—it demonstrates how generative AI and cloud computing can unlock previously impossible artistic projects, positioning Google’s technology as a vital enabler in the creative process. What Clapboard’s taxonomy would classify as FORMAT#5 EXEMPLARY STORY is central here: the narrative explicitly showcases the product’s role in resolving the creative challenge of bringing Dalí’s intricate, visionary concept to life, making the technology the protagonist of the story rather than a mere backdrop. The campaign leverages a seamless fusion of art, technology, and storytelling to captivate a sophisticated audience that spans art enthusiasts, tech innovators, and cinephiles, using a single film asset that encapsulates this convergence with striking surreal imagery and fluid digital animation. Goodby Silverstein & Partners’ approach honors Dalí’s legacy while advancing Google’s brand as a pioneer in AI-driven creativity, underscoring the potential for technology to serve as a collaborator in artistic innovation rather than just a tool. The campaign earns 78/100 in Clapboard’s global creative archive. This campaign matters to the industry because it demonstrates how AI and cloud technology can radically expand the boundaries of storytelling by enabling the resurrection of lost creative visions that were once deemed unfilmable.