tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658605.post113515582095085518..comments2023-05-23T15:12:59.365-07:00Comments on PeaceLove's Musings: Fun with MashupsPeaceLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571571887644175214noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658605.post-1136234281672063022006-01-02T12:38:00.000-08:002006-01-02T12:38:00.000-08:00I decided to respond in a new post.I decided to respond in a <A HREF="http://peacelovesmusings.blogspot.com/2005/12/jackson-bollocks_29.html" REL="nofollow">new post</A>.PeaceLovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05571571887644175214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658605.post-1135876918513286102005-12-29T09:21:00.000-08:002005-12-29T09:21:00.000-08:00"In music, avant-garde composer John Cage famously..."In music, avant-garde composer John Cage famously had a composition in which a bunch of people turned up radios set to random stations on pre-arranged cues."<BR/><BR/>And it famously wasn't very popular. Coincidence? You decide...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658605.post-1135826620766091672005-12-28T19:23:00.000-08:002005-12-28T19:23:00.000-08:00There's a huge difference between 'influenced by' ...There's a huge difference between 'influenced by' and 'lifted outright.' If you don't see that then we're speaking two different languages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658605.post-1135825300559332742005-12-28T19:01:00.000-08:002005-12-28T19:01:00.000-08:00Kinda then depends on your definition of "make art...Kinda then depends on your definition of "make art".<BR/><BR/>If any hack with a computer can sling together two existing works, then where's the art?<BR/><BR/>Here, I'll play: I'll drop paint splatters on a Sex Pistols album. Boom! Jackson Bollocks! See? I've created art!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658605.post-1135729744096690432005-12-27T16:29:00.000-08:002005-12-27T16:29:00.000-08:00Rare indeed is the work of art which does not in s...Rare indeed is the work of art which does not in some way build upon existing sources. When two or more elements are combined to create a new work which comments on and expands on the sources, the new work is an original work of art.<BR/><BR/>I used Picasso to make a point, but I acknowledge in retrospect it may not have been the best choice since he DID in fact invent Cubism. But I think you'll find if you study Picasso that he lifted many forms from African art. This is the nature of art and culture.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps <A HREF="http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/frames.htm" REL="nofollow">Roy Lichtenstein</A> would be a clearer example of a major artist who appropriated material from the culture and turned it into new works of art.<BR/><BR/>In music, avant-garde composer John Cage famously had a composition in which a bunch of people turned up radios set to random stations on pre-arranged cues. Imagine if some ASCAP goon had been sitting in the audience taking notes ("Let's see, 12 seconds of The Beatles <I>Lovely Rita</I>, twenty seconds of Miles Davis, twenty-two seconds of Sinatra's <I>Love and Marriage</I>..." Cage literally would have been unable to perform the work!<BR/><BR/>At any rate, I think <I>American Edit</I> is a superb work of art which is fundamentally different from Green Day's <I>American Idiot</I>. Obviously, "Dean Gray" took advantage of excellent source material, and their mashup honors Green Day while creating an original and fantastically energetic soundscape.<BR/><BR/>Remember, too, that this was a NON-COMMERCIAL work of art; no one ever attempted to make any money on this. The idea that artists can't freely make art unless they get "permission" strikes me as deeply offensive and anathema to a society that prides itself on its free exchange of ideas.PeaceLovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05571571887644175214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12658605.post-1135725510911164912005-12-27T15:18:00.000-08:002005-12-27T15:18:00.000-08:00"The best mashups match beats and rythms, blending..."The best mashups match beats and rythms, blending or contrasting tone and theme, into wholly new and original works."<BR/><BR/>WHOLLY NEW AND ORIGINAL WORKS???<BR/><BR/>Surely you jest...<BR/><BR/>...and the analogy to Picasso is absurd - Picasso mastered the form. Very different from taking two paintings and digitally laying them one over the other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com