- What are examples from your own experience of songs, writing, art, etc. that have roots or are derived from other sources? When you find out about a derivation, do you go and look up the original? Knowing both the original and the “plagiarized”, what is your relationship to each?
A lot of art is “meta,” meaning that it is a representation of another work, which is a representation of another and so on. When I come across work that is derived from other sources it doesn’t make me feel like that artist “copied” someone else necessarily (copy in the negative sense of the word), it just means that they were very influenced by this certain person and they are commenting on them, or referencing heir influence. I don’t see any offense to this, considering that by using someone else’s works you are paying them homage in a sense.
- In your own words, what is the relationship between creativity and the act of borrowing? Think about the projects that you are currently working on in this class, what have you borrowed or been inspired by?
Our knowledge for language and nearly everything we have learned since birth has been borrowed from someone or something else! in this sense, nothing is necessarily creative, creativity would be the process of recontextualizing all of these borrowed things in order to relate them to what is going on currently. Words and symbols are mostly metaphors to be able to relate and communicate. If someone says “tree,” the generic tree that comes to my mind will be completely different than the one that comes to your mind. So yes, I have borrowed and I have been inspired. I don’t think anything that I have done has been done without influence that was borrowed, whether consciously or unconsciously.
- On page 3, the author discusses the idea of enframing and recontextualizing. Ponder some of the videos that you have seen over the last month, locate examples of artists enframing or recontextualizing older ideas or sources in the work that you have seen.
A perfect example of enflaming or recontextualizing older ideas or sources is the video work by Omar Fast, who creates mashups of CNN reporters to create a completely new message, which is verbalized and inspired by the tone of the reporters speech.
- What are the “pros” and “cons” of copyright. Use examples from the reading to support your list.
The “pros” and “cons” of copyright exist partially because of our capitalistic society, people looking for any way to make a profit. So I’d say a pro of copyright is that it protects artists from people wanting credit for their very work. However, as long as the work is known to belong to a certain artist, it should be more available to the public, and the creator should still be respected. So, a con of copyright is that it goes so far as to think that humans are always supposed to be truly unique and creative, and that intelligence should belong to and be credited to a specific person.
- What is the difference between a gift and a commodity? Think about it and then describe an instance in which you have personally participated in a gift economy.
A commodity is a thing that is bought and sold, more sterile than a gift. The commodity is made for profit, and made to appeal to consumers. whereas in a gift economy people make things that they feel passionate about and allow others to participate as well, not expecting profit or anything in return. They are making something and setting it free, giving it it’s own life in a sense. I participate in a gift economy every time I have a discussion with a close friend, I reference things that I have learned, use quotes that are pertinent, and can be comfortable knowing that the person with whom i am exchanging this information understands and isn’t condemning me for being a product of the world around me.
- What are the commons?
Commons are places that belong to everyone and to no one , such as roads and public parks and online forums.
- What is undiscovered public knowledge? The author discusses this methodology of creating knowledge using examples from science. Can this method be applied to art practice and how?
Undiscovered public knowledge might be, for example, a cure for a disease that exists unknowingly in the form of multiple unrelated journals. Essentially what it means is that all of the puzzle pieces of research may exist out there to solve a specific problem, but there is no way to gather all of that research into one in order to come to that conclusion. Instead, we start up these extremely expensive projects to solve problems that have already been solved, albeit unknowingly.
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