Friday, March 22: Screening

Dear class:

Last time we met, I promised you that we would screen this documentary film in class. Since we are just about at mid-term, I think this is as good a time as any for us to watch "RiP! A Remix Manifesto".

So tomorrow, Friday March 22, in addition to our usual discussions and working on all of your accumulating assignments, we will watch this important documentary on "remix culture", which is soooo relevant to Photoshop.  Also, it will make sense of what I will ask you to do with the photographs you shot at the Whitney!

Here is some info on the film, via Wikipedia's entry, plus a few ways you can view it online:

From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RiP!:_A_Remix_Manifesto

RiP!: A Remix Manifesto is a 2008 open source documentary film about "the changing concept of copyright" directed by Brett Gaylor.

Created over a period of six years, the documentary film features the collaborative remix work of hundreds of people who have contributed to the Open Source Cinema website, helping to create the "world's first open source documentary" as Gaylor put it. The project's working title was Basement Tapes, (referring to the album of the same name) but it was renamed RiP!: A Remix Manifesto prior to theatrical release. Gaylor encourages more people to create their own remixes from this movie, using media available from the Open Source Cinema website, or other websites like YouTube, Flickr, Hulu, or MySpace.

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RiP!: A Remix Manifesto 2.0

On February 27, 2009 Brett Gaylor started a new project on his site, Open Source Cinema, dubbed RiP!: A Remix Manifesto 2.0. With this project, he invites users to take the original documentary, remix it, and upload their contributions to be included in a new, improved version of the film. Each chapter of the original film is uploaded separately for users to view and download to use.

Here are a few links to various downloads and online streaming options:

The RiP! website:
http://ripremix.com/

Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/8040182

YouTube (part 1):
https://www.youtube.com/embed/zdwN6rRU0Xk

thepiratebay (torrent):
https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/4873370/RIP__A_Remix_Manifesto_-_Xvid