Illegal Arts Links
The sources included below barely scratch the surface, and we will continue to add to the list throughout our research. If you have suggestions about additional references or links, please post a comment and include the pertinent information, and we’ll add them to the site. Thank you!
Copyright & Copyleft
- Creative Commons: Alternatives to standard copyright, providing a flexible range of protections and freedoms.
- See also: CC projects, licensing symbols, in Wikipedia.
- Wikimedia Commons: A massive database of freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.
- Copyleft: Removal of restrictions on distributing copies and modified versions of works, with the stipulation that the same freedoms are preserved in modified versions.
- See also: Ars Technica article, GNU GPL (software), Copyleft Solutions (company adapting free software)
- Art, Technology & Intellectual Property report: Report by the American Assembly.
- The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: Walter Benjamin’s classic text
- Authorship and Appropriation: Course site with discussion & resources
Dance & Physical Movement
- A Copyright Primer for the Dance Community (PDF)
- NYT article: Say, Just Whose Choreography Is This?
- Cultural Appropriation of Dance post: “By learning, performing, and transforming this dance, are we appropriating the culture of another people?”
- Cultural Appropriation of the Kick-Ass Kind: “Want to get a Texas high school football team pumped up? Try the haka.”
- Great Dance article: “Using Internet Video to Reach New Dance Audiences”
Music
- OPSOUND: Shared music online collective
- WIRED: Deconstructing a single Girl Talk track
- Pitchfork: Interview with Girl Talk
- Paul’s Boutique samples and references list
- Thru-You.org: Mashups of YouTube clips with visible source material
- Guerilla “Sound of Music” in a train station
- Escape Mechanism: Using fragments of sound from the film reels, radios, television sets and record releases which make up our often overpowering media environment, Escape Mechanism is an ongoing experiment in recycled sound.
- Some Assembly Required: Showcasing audio work by artists who appropriate sounds from the media environment.
- On Point Radio: The Art of Mashups
- NYT article: YouTube Orchestra Melds Music Live and Online
Further Watching
- Jérôme Bel: “The Show Must Go On”, “Pichet Klunchun and Myself”
- Foofwa d’Imobilité and Maud Liardon performing Alan Sondheim’s avatar-error choreography: “The Wall”, “Avatar Duet”
- “Charlie Rose” by Samuel Beckett
- Corey Vidal: How-to tutorials of popular music dance videos
