RiP!: A Remix Manifesto

RIP! A Remix Manifesto from Lichtwerker on Vimeo.

In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers.

The films central protagonist is Girl Talk, a mash-up musician topping the charts with his sample-based songs. But is Girl Talk a paragon of people power or the Pied Piper of piracy? Creative Commons founder, Lawrence Lessig, Brazils Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil and pop culture critic Cory Doctorow are also along for the ride.

A participatory media experiment, from day one, Brett shares his raw footage at opensourcecinema.org, for anyone to remix. This movie-as-mash-up method allows these remixes to become an integral part of the film. With RiP: A remix manifesto, Gaylor and Girl Talk sound an urgent alarm and draw the lines of battle.

Which side of the ideas war are you on?

FD42

A list of blogs from the good looking people of FD42.

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Feryal
Taylor
Vanessa
Pouyan
Paola
Gus
Sharon
Neil
Wei

Kill the beat.

Even though I don't breakdance regularly anymore I will always have a passion for it. Eventually I do want to start bboying again, but I just can't find the time. My first post on this blog featured Brett Novak, and I would like to do something similar to what he does but instead of skate videos some break dance videos. I found a blog dedicated to bboy videos.

Desolation

Forgotten, desolated but still fascinating, there is something about an abandoned building that is irresistible.

I found a couple sites that are dedicated to posting pictures of abandoned buildings from around the world.

http://www.pixcetera.com/blog/2010/03/03/abandoned/
http://weburbanist.com/abandoned-buildings-towns-and-cities/

Mark Jenkins

"There is opposition, and risk, but I think that just shows that street art is the sort of frontier where the leading edge really does have to chew through the ice. And it's good for people to remember public space is a battleground, with the government, advertisers and artists all mixing and mashing, and even now the strange cross-pollination taking place as street artists sometimes become brands, and brands camouflaging as street art creating complex hybrids or impersonators. I think it's understanding the strangeness of the playing field where you'll realize that painting street artists, writers, as the bad guys is a shallow view. As for the old bronzes, I really don't see them as part of what's going on in the dialogue unless addressed by a new intervention."

- Mark Jenkins http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html

C'est en faisant n'importe quoi qu'on devient n'importe qui

C'est en faisant n'importe quoi qu'on devient n'importe qui is Remi Gaillard's motto. It translates to "It's by doing whatever that you become whoever."

As far as I can remember I have always been a shit disturber, I was born one. I have always been drawn to controversy and pushing the limits. If it's not illegal or offending someone it probably isn't worth it. I am not sure what exactly draws me to it. It could be I despise political correctness and when I see people like Remi taking a stand I find it inspirational. Or it could be as simple as I like getting a rise out of people. Go big or go home.

Brett Novak

After watching one of Brett Novak's videos on YouTube he got me interested in visual effects. I have always been interested in post-production mostly the editing but now I have been considering streaming into visual effects.