Panels
Extending Game Culture
There's more to game culture than playing games. Innovations within the game industry and the gamer community have sparked emergent forms of expression as well as an impressive amount of creative interaction and engagement. From the release of tools to make user-created content such as custom avatars and maps, to the addition of filmmaking tools, a large opening has formed in digital media through ... read more
Remixing Culture- A Panel On Sampling & The Global Appropriation of Hip-Hop
This panel, which is filled with well-traveled, veteran artists, will focus on two main topics: the global impact of hip-hop, and sampling. The global impact of hip-hop can’t be understated, and this panel will discuss what they’ve seen during their overseas travels, what the hip-hop scenes are like in other countries, and why, with a few noted exceptions, foreign emcees have such a hard time makin... read more
Scrambling/Rebuilding: Remixing Media Policy
Motivated by the philosophies of remix culture itself, this workshop is an opportunity to explore the idea of remixing media policy - that is to say the laws that protect and promote artistic and creative freedom and expression. One thing is clear: If we don't do the remixing, someone else will. Creators should be free to create in an environment where their work can flourish, not be held up by gat... read more
Talking Back To Pop Culture Through Video Remix with Elisa Kreisinger
Women, and feminists in particular, have always felt misrepresented by the media. Our characters are side kicks, boobs pushed up to our chins, yet some how one-dimensional. As a result, we have been at the forefront of talking back to pop-culture through appropriation and video works, starting with <a target='_blank' href='http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/44/64'>Ka... read more
