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September 25, 2005
internet: voice of the people?
As report in the NY Times, artists are using the Internet to respond immediately to the events surrounding Katrina.
A Houston-based group called the Legendary K.O. created a track titled "George Bush doesn't care about black people" (referencing rapper Kanye West's comments on a live, nationally broadcast telethon). At least two video producers have made videos for the track (which was releasted on an open license. The NY Times article contains links to all of these.
We can discuss the particular politics of the piece if you like. However, I am more interested in the media here. That is, the original track is built from a number of samples. That track then is distributed online where it is picked up by unreleated video artists who then splice together their own videos based on existing material (e.g. news footage). Much of this is made possible by a Creative Commons licensing.
So is this point to positive social ends for this technology in creating a more particaptory democracy?
Posted by Alex Reid at September 25, 2005 8:16 PM
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