Mash-ups
The following are some comments from the article “Remixing Culture And Why The Art Of The Mash-Up Matters” by Ben Murray:
“The line “good artists copy; great artists steal,” attributed to Pablo Picasso and appropriated by Steve Jobs is in some ways at the core of much of the aesthetic endeavors that engage modern technology.
Meaningful appropriation remains a key tenet of creativity and innovation, whatever form they take, so do those whose natural form of expression is the remix or mash-up.
From Duchamp to Damien Hirst, artists have consistently challenged the idea that meaning ascribed to objects is permanently fixed. All cultural artifacts are open to re-appropriation. As with much else, technology has made this process easier and more visible. The news report, the cult TV show, the summer blockbuster, the chart hit or iconic photograph – all are open to endless reinterpretation by anyone with the right software. As Cory Doctorow puts it: the Internet is “the world’s most efficient copying machine.”
He goes on to make the point that “Copying stuff is never, ever going to get any harder than it is today. Hard drives aren’t going to get bulkier, more expensive, or less capacious. Networks won’t get slower or harder to access. If you’re not making art with the intention of having it copied, you’re not really making art for the 21st century.
The best examples of this kind of creative work are often marked by a re framing of the original narrative, and so produce a fresh perspective on both the source material and the context in which it first existed.”
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The following are some comments from the article “Remixing Culture And Why The Art Of The Mash-Up Matters” by Ben Murray:
“The line “good artists copy; great artists steal,” attributed to Pablo Picasso and appropriated by Steve Jobs is in some ways at the core of much of the aesthetic endeavors that engage modern technology.
Meaningful appropriation remains a key tenet of creativity and innovation, whatever form they take, so do those whose natural form of expression is the remix or mash-up.
From Duchamp to Damien Hirst, artists have consistently challenged the idea that meaning ascribed to objects is permanently fixed. All cultural artifacts are open to re-appropriation. As with much else, technology has made this process easier and more visible. The news report, the cult TV show, the summer blockbuster, the chart hit or iconic photograph – all are open to endless reinterpretation by anyone with the right software. As Cory Doctorow puts it: the Internet is “the world’s most efficient copying machine.”
He goes on to make the point that “Copying stuff is never, ever going to get any harder than it is today. Hard drives aren’t going to get bulkier, more expensive, or less capacious. Networks won’t get slower or harder to access. If you’re not making art with the intention of having it copied, you’re not really making art for the 21st century.
The best examples of this kind of creative work are often marked by a re framing of the original narrative, and so produce a fresh perspective on both the source material and the context in which it first existed.”
NOTE: Click on the numbers on the right to go through the slides at your own pace.
To purchase a print, click on the image, click on the small icon on the right called "Art Print" and then click on the "Print Size" drop down menu.
