Tuesday 24 May 2011

EVALUATION

What have I gained from this course? Quite abit, some of it wasn't new to me interms of practice, but there was quite alot that we learnt that I had only heard about, not actually tried for myself. Like blogging for instance. I enjoyed looking into the remix culture and the true complexity involving copyright issuses. It taught me alot and even though there was alot more work involved than I expected, it is actually useful to know these sorts of things for future references.

WEEK 11

FLOSS: Free (Libre) Open Source Software.

Offers programming which is free to use and allows the public who choose to use it, the chance to improve on the function and design of it if need be.

5  free software and what they do
Blender: 3D model/renderer
abcde: rips, tags etc CDs with one click
Gimp: image manipulation programme
Open Office: alternarive to Microsoft Office
Mozilla Firefox: search engine for www

Video for more information

WEEK 10

Link to the group timeline 'Computers and Art', everyone had to add something to the time line.
http://www.dipity.com/gilliesrachel/Art-and-Computers/

WEEK 8


I chose this remix because quite frankly, its FUNNY AS! Anyone who has seen this film will get the humour of it all, and anyone who hasn't seen Mary Poppins before will probably think its one hell of a creepy movie, and probably will go see it. Though unless you are under the age of 12 or something, I can't understand how you can't have seen Mary Poppins before. Another reason I chose this clip, is because it is a good example of something taken out of it's original context and turned into something completely different. Love it.

As for the Downfall Parodies, personally I have watch a few and thought they were also pretty good. Especially the Pokemon one, they even made me go out and hire the actual movie to see what it was like in original context. I don't think it  actually hurts the creator, the people who remix these clips aren't making profit from it they are just doing it for fun. It promotes the movie if anything.

 As for the Richard Prince case, my opinion is the opposite.He clearly took someones work,  cut and pasted crap all over it and called it his own and intended to make profit. Since he was manipulating photos he should have taken his own. Although being that he didn't know how to use a camera should have, aside from the obvious of learning to use one, either hired someone to take the photos for him or asked permission from Patrick Cariou in the first place. In someways such as the remix situations I think the Copy right laws are rather smothering at times but in cases such as Richard Prince they are vital in order to protect artists work being claimed by other people.

Monday 23 May 2011

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