revver is the coolest CC thing around – make work, share work for free, see the tiniest ad at the end that does not interfere with your work, make money… It really accomplishes what I quoted Jenny saying this morning: She calls for new structures of economy, distribution, sharing, and says artists "really will come" if it suits them best.
SO, I now have the below video on Revver, here. Make me moneys!
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So I took footage from Justin Hall and Rihaad Desai at the iCommons iSummit in Rio, of musician / Minister of Culture GIlberto Gil’s speech and beer drinking, and made a li’l drum beat-ish, singy like video and audio track. Trust me, you like it. They licensed their footage under a CC-BY Attribution, meaning it can be re-mixed and re-used or distributed so long as you attribute them, which I am doing. My version is also under a CC-BY – enjoy!
revver – same as below, but make me money by clicking the ad!
QuickTime: Sorenson 3, 320×240 @ 15 frames per second, mono sound. Just under 30 MB
QuickTime on blip.tv: full res (720×480) and stereo NTSC, 29.97 fps About 90MB
MP3 – stereo, hi-qual. 11.6 MB
@ Rio iSummit
Already a re-mix of some of the images I produced yesterday, by Andre SC on his flickr…
@ Rio iSummit
Over in Rio, things are crazy and wonderful. What an inspired group of artists, educators, coders, lawyers, activists, musicians, etc, etc, and so forth. I think Jenny Toomey said it best just minutes ago (paraphrase): "we don’t complain about the structures that we don’t like, we build structures that we do".
I’ve decided that, even tho we haven’t met, Jenny and I are buddies. A self-proclaimed "music activist," Jenny spoke about the recent history of the art and music businesses in the US, and said that post-Nirvana (the band, not the place), we’re seeing the "two economies" of indie and mainstream converge more and more often, but usually to the detriment of the artist. She calls for new structures of economy, distribution, sharing, and says artists "really will come" if it suits them best. I know I would. Even if (my favorite part), "organizing artists is like herding cats." LOL.
John Wilbanks’ talk was also wonderfully interesting. He’s an engaged and engaging dude from the Science Commons, and the implication of his statement that "the science of DNA will catch up with the social understandings of genetics very soon" has amazing implications. He showed us a DNA deconstruction home kit, sold for $80US, for ages ten and up…
Hey Jenny and John! Put your presentations online! Would love to have them.
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Check out these fantastic images taken by André SC on his website www.pixelplexus.co.za of my show that opened on Thursday the 22nd. It’s at the Parking Gallery, 149 Pritchard, (www.parking-gallery.net) which is a fantastic new space initiated by Simon Gush and Lester Adams. If you missed the opening you can always call me for an appointment to view (0832844726). The next artist is our very own Nathaniel Stern for a one-night event on the 13th of July. There’s usually a bit of a party on the roof afterwards.
Just uploaded my first piece to CCmixter. In late 2004, Christian Nerf took the soundtrack from this video and had some fun with it in the studio (check out a post about it, and download the first re-mix/result, here). I’ve now uploaded the original soundtrack to CCmixter to see if others are into it… Hope you enjoy and please let me know if you use it! Get to it.
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