photo by peter coffin
1. discuss sally mckay article on affective qualities of gifs
2. crit gifs...start thinking about the vocabulary we'll need to critically engage this form
3. guest lecturer heather mekkelson talks about her work, a very elegant form of appropriation
4. watch a surprise movie that is an epic plunge into filmic appropriation
there is a wealth of existing content in culture that requires us to be deft editors. editing is the new brushstroke. facebook is a vessel of infinite paint splatters. even if you're traditional artistic practice is dominated by creating original content, the muscle of editing content at a high level is de rigueur for any original content creation.
your assignment: show us work that adds significant meaning to existing cultural content...
why
there will not be time for a standard lecture...i assume many of you have appropriated before and have a basic sense of the topography of appropriation. here is a list of artists to look up for additional inspiration:
-christian marclay's the clock!!! epic!!!
-penelope umbrico
-erik kessels
-joachim schmid
-evidency by larry sultan and mike mandel
-wolfgang ploger
-zoe krosher
-harrell fletcher
-temporary services
-stephen shearer
-ofer wolberger
-sherrie levine
-richard prince
-robert heinecken
-cory arcangel
-david horvitz
-joy drury cox (old man and the sea publication)
-doug rickard (new american picture)
-jon rafman (google street view images)
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