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Nathaniel stern, art geek and iCommons artist-in-residence for 2006, will be showing and discussing some of the re-mix work from his stay in Brazil, chatting briefly about CC culture, and previewing how he plans to grow next year's residency into an exhibition and workshop project. | Nathaniel stern, art geek and iCommons artist-in-residence for 2006, will be showing and discussing some of the re-mix work from his stay in Brazil, chatting briefly about CC culture, and previewing how he plans to grow next year's residency into an exhibition and workshop project. | ||
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Revision as of 13:30, 15 August 2006
Contents
The First Johannesburg CC Salon will be held on Thursday 31 August , 2006
Who
People from Johannesburg who are interested in Creative Commons, copyright, Free Culture, Open Source, Art, Media, and Music, and who would like to get to know people with the same interests...
What
A local informal gathering of individuals around Creative Commons licenses, standards, and technology.
The guest speakers and presenters will be:
- Nathaniel Stern
Nathaniel stern, art geek and iCommons artist-in-residence for 2006, will be showing and discussing some of the re-mix work from his stay in Brazil, chatting briefly about CC culture, and previewing how he plans to grow next year's residency into an exhibition and workshop project.
- MtKidu
The duo will be presenting their live beat construct and visual manipulation show, see their site at [1]
- DJ Richard tha IIRD
Richard tha IIIrd is a Jozi based DJ, producer and sound designer. Aside from composing and producing music for TV and film, Rich spends his time playing beats and tunes in bar/clubs such as 88, Tokyo Star and Loaded, making hip-hop, and remixing South Africa's beatnik for the breakbeat generation stars such as the Real Estate Agents and 340 mils.
For some time now he has been interested in creating home-grown mashups. A mashup is a combination of two or more tracks of different genres and/or moods mixed together to create something new. While many mashups are noisy and irritating, artists such as Danger Mouse, Too Many DJs and DJ Prince have recieved much respect for their clever incongruant mixes. So far Rich has made a few mashups, taking alternative South African tracks and mixing them with more commercial international music. An example would be his combination of Felix La Band's 'Donkey Rattle' mixed with Michael Jackson's 'Startin Something' - two completely different tunes that actually work brillianty together. Richard will be discussing, demonstrating and playing his own brand of South African mashup.
Theme
Remix Nation
Remix. Sample. Mash up. Reconstruct. Reformulate. Remake. Reproduce. Reshuffle. Transform. Recreate. Modify. Reassemble. Revamp. Rejuvenate.
The words that make the corporate copyright protectors and culture busters shudder, and the members of the ‘Culture Commons’ grin with glee. We are part of this commons space of cultural information, made available to us to remix, recreate and share. Let us take the past to reconstruct, remake and transform. Rejuvenate history and make it our cultural own.
Let us strive to achieve what our visionary South African leaders held true in 1955, that the Freedom Charter states as an ideal:
“The Doors of Learning and Culture Shall be opened! … All the cultural treasures of mankind shall be open to all, by free exchange of books, ideas and contact with other lands. ”
When
Thursday 31 August, 6:30pm
Where
The Gordart Gallery
78 3rd Avenue, Melville
Why
To connect with and build a community of artists, developers, musicians, film makers and who are working with or would like to know more about Creative Commons licenses, standards, and technology.
