Response 10: “A Taxonomy of Digital Video Remixing: Contemporary Found Footage Practice on the Internet by Eli Horwatt

In this weeks reading, the idea of remix has taken a stand to direct uses viewers to the mess displays of mainstream media. Such as the main focus, political remixes that reflect the government and trailer remixes that reflect film form through mash-ups and trailer re-cuts. In opinion, I support how remix viewers are now able to voice out their opinions about the mainstream videos, music, films and many other that just need to have an another opinion.

Furthermore, I agree now that communication is not just one way anymore from the mainstream media to the viewer, but also both an interaction of both sides stating their supportive viewpoints of how the media is displayed.

It’s just wonderful how remix has developed to a new point of era where artist are able to send out their messages about media through using the capturing of videos and internet. On the other hand, copyright is not in favor of theses acts. Hopeful, copyright will change over the years like Dave has reminded us about how copyright is so strict through American. I wonder if in the near future that everyone can just accept “Remix” as part of media and not as an act.    

Looking At the Image

look at the image as a hole then zoom (with eyes) into the cube ?

*Guess the Feeling =]* 

Response 9: Roman Mars' radio interview with Max Neuhaus on "Radio Net," produced for Re:sound, WBEZ Chicago, 2005

              Max Neuhaus artistic talent of using taken sounds was really interesting since his experiment with sounds let him create some type of new sound that was taken sound heard before, but when mixed it gives out a cool interesting sound that listeners couldn’t know until the sounds are broken up then the listener will understand what the sound were individuals. In my opinion, I found him a great contributor into the new ago of producing new sounds and the idea would not everything should be created by scratch, but it could be taken sounds that can still that produce surprising sound through remix.

Furthermore, his experiment the “RadioNet” suggested callers to place sound into the phones to create a new music through the mixture of the sounds from the phone contributors. I believe this experiment set the toll on remixing sounds into music. Also, it let radio turn from a 1 way toll into a 2 way toll so listeners can give their opinion which I agree was a great idea in my opinion since he provided the listeners the change that taken sound can be create in this new format of music artist. Overall, I really enjoy the break through that he had done with sound and I hope one day I will be able to conduce breaking experiments like Max Neuhaus.  

Response 8: Anne Ellegood, "The Exquisite Corpse Is Alive and Well"

The word “Collaborations” has left a great significant in my mind. It’s inspiration since the meaning of Collaborations in one part is not producing art solely instead a group or work together art that incorporating everything’s efforts (mentality and physically) to produced an art that sends out a unimaginable message. Furthermore, the appealing examples in the essay collection that was the most interesting which captured “Collaborations” was the idea of the to influence society about breaking sex roles such as Hsieh and Montano artist experiment to define art and the important message that it sends out as a group effort. Also, the wonderful ideas of incorporation other artists work to producing a new element of art is truly a great sight to maveral at. To be honest, I had debts on creating artwork that using other artists artwork due to the feeling of copying, but after reading this essay that feeling is lifted and I feel like producing more” Collaborations” of artworks. Overall, I found the reading a great inspiration to art producing with the idea of working together meaning everything can take parts of others work and add onto it or just as a group however still remembering the limits of rules society has place such as copyright to produce unimagined results of art. I wonder wouldn’t it just be better to share? How I will define “Share” is a hard question to ask.    

Response 7: Ingrid Schaffner and Matthias Winzen, eds., "Deep Storage: Collecting, Storing, and Archiving in Art" (1998)

In this reading I found it quite long and time consuming, however it was work it, but what I didn’t’ like was the quality of some of the scanned pages since some pages were blurry and faded o­­­­­­­­­­­­­ff; it was hard on the eyes.

The idea of “Deep Storage” was really interesting since this art reminds viewers of the importance how art was in our history and reflects how the past created and forgotten about Art. While, reading the text Chinese history came into my thoughts; the images of scrolls and old Chinese art material like a feather brush with old Chinese ink that reminded myself about Chinese’s culture. As such, I believe the reading reveled my past history about culture of artwork just like what the text is trying explain in the text.

Furthermore, I found throughout the reading the only art piece that caught my attention the most was the Silverthorne since it captured the idea of Deep Storage because of the communication and imagery it provides for the viewer when setting eyes on the artwork. To sum up, the reading text was quite interesting with the understanding of history and past, however it’s a long read so be ready! 

Response 6: Andreas Johsen, Ralf Christensen and Henrik Moltke, "Good Copy Bad Copy

The video displays the importance of advance technology that affects the society. Its main adjective focus on the restrictions and improvements that copyright to must follow into the future with the “new technology being perfected everyday.” These adjectives must balance out the consumer and business. However, at this time the balance is one side where the consumer is able to gain the advantage of free: songs and videos, knowing fully well as the consumer its illegal. Also, many individuals take it for granted and don’t care about the impact. As a result, the creators/ artist’s song or videos are stolen from their hard work and business loss profit and the artist/creator will suffer from the lack of profit to support their work.

On the other hand, the business or corporation that produce the sales of the songs and video are pricing the goods for a higher amount than usual so it causes the consumer to not favor and support the business and artist instead look for loop hole into gaining the goods free of charge. Every individual understands that if the price is not right or impossible to precise then individuals will seek pirated means.  As far as copyright ownership goes the choices are the individual will learn to share or not share at all in my reality. Overall, copyright must be improved into an international setting soon to balance the consumer and business due to the advancing technology.      

Response 5: Performance Artist

The artist I have selected was Yoko Ono. She is a Japanese artist well known for her performance artist, vocalist, filmmaker, and object maker. In addition, she is the wife of a beetle’s member John Lennon. A well-known performance work she has done was called “Cut Piece.” The performance is she sitting on the floor and music would be playing in the background. Then, the audience would go up to her one by one and use the scissor already on the ground. Then let the audience members cut off pieces of clothing she was wearing until she had nothing left. The influence she wanted the audience to understand was existentialism through the theories of Jean-Pual Sartre when she was studying in college and to tell the audience about her calming down her own human suffering. Also, Yoko Ono used the audience involvement to complete her works of art successfully, then finding her identity. As a result, she displays to the audience about gender and sexism in the performance. Furthermore, telling the audience about human suffering, loneliness, social unity and love in her works. Overall, I found Yoko Ono’s idea of displaying his influences very strongly thought out that leaves the audience remembering the idea since she “forces” the audience to be involved. Thus, the audience will remember this contribution into the performance art.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Ono#Bibliography