Posted on 31 January 2010 by keidra
I’ve only recently had the income to even consider art collection as an option for me, but as a music fan, rock poster art has long been my medium of choice. With new avenues for emerging gig poster artists to share their work (the Flatstock poster art show and gigposters.com to name a couple) it’s [...]
Filed under: fair use, fan culture, fan labor, music | Tagged: american articfact, merle becker, jay ryan, mat daly, stever walters, gigposters.com, flatstock, gig posters, music posters, poster art | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 31 January 2010 by Raizel
On this blog, we write often about the value of fan-created works, about how fans use their creativity, using works created and owned by others. And fans of Lady Gaga has been very busy, remixing and reusing both the video and song, Bad Romance. They vary in quality and skill, but most convey the message [...]
Filed under: Cultural appropriation, copyright, cultural ownership, fair use, fan labor, fandom, fanworks, participatory culture, remix culture | Tagged: cultural ownership, fan labor, fandom, participatory culture, remix culture, convergence culture, Cultural appropriation, copyright, fair use, Lady Gaga, fan works | 1 Comment »
Posted on 21 January 2010 by Raizel
Want to read a book that talks about both the spread of STDs and what unwitting problems programmers can add to a MMPORG?And the influence of friendships between members of Congress on what laws are passed? And the impact we have on the health of those we don’t even know? In Connected: The Surprising Power [...]
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Posted on 14 January 2010 by Raizel
As a followup to our recent posts about anime and Korean dramas, we have more about the cross-cultural influence of pop culture from Asia, or what Lisa Katayama calls on BoingBoing, the weird /othering of Japanese pop culture moves on to fashion. The New York Times recently had an article on the difficulty of Japanese [...]
Filed under: Gossip Girl, Hallyu, Harajuku, Japan, Korea, fashion, kawaii, manga, manwha | Tagged: fashion, Gossip Girl, Gothic Lolita, Hallyu, Harajuku, Japan, kawaii, Korea, manga, manwha | Leave a Comment »
