Tag Archives: Copying Culture

Postcolonial Piracy Conference, Berlin, Dec. 2 – 4, 2011

Posted on November 28, 2011 by marcus3001

I’ll be giving a paper at a very interesting looking conference on postcolonial piracy, hosted by the University of Potsdam in Berlin, this coming weekend. My paper is on depropriation, and looks at a variety of examples of depropriation including … Continue reading →

Posted in Talks | Tagged ayahuasca shamanism, Brian Shimkovitz, Copying Culture, depropriation, Media Piracy in Emerging Economies, mp3 piracy, Occupy, postcolonial piracy, University of Potsdam, Worldtronics | 1 Comment

Collateral Damage

Posted on October 13, 2011 by marcus3001

The Wire has been running an interesting series of columns called Collateral Damage in recent months — mostly in response to a provocative piece written by Kenneth Goldsmith celebrating the apparent triumph of quantity over quality in downloading cultures of … Continue reading →

Posted in Journalism | Tagged Auto-Tuned desert blues, Christopher Kirkley, Collateral Damage, Copying Culture, Kenneth Goldsmith, Kickstarter, Music From Saharan Cellphones, Napster, Saharan mp3 market, Sahel Sounds, The Wire, tranced-out digital reggae, West African hiphop | 2 Comments

Cutting Across Media: Appropriation Art, Interventionist Collage and Copyright Law

Posted on June 21, 2011 by marcus3001

I have an essay in a new book from Duke UP, Cutting Across Media: Appropriation Art, Interventionist Collage and Copyright Law, edited by intellectual property theorist and prankster Kembrew McLeod and dada scholar Rudi Kuenzli. The essay, “Digital Mana: On … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays | Tagged Alain Badiou, Copying Culture, Craig Baldwin, Cutting Across Media, Digital Mana: On the Infinite Proliferation of Mutant Copies in Contemporary Culture, Douglas Kahn, Jeff Chang, Jonathan Lethem, Joshua Clover, Kembrew McLeod, Philip K. Dick, Rammellzee, Rudi Kuenzli, Siva Vaidhyanathan | Leave a comment

On the Copies in Kiarostami’s Certified Copy

Posted on April 27, 2011 by marcus3001

A number of people have asked me what I thought of Abbas Kiarostami’s new film Certified Copy, which is about an English writer, James Miller, who’s just published a book arguing that the distinction between original and copy is meaningless, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Abbas Kiarostami, Certified Copy, Charlie Kaufman, Copying Culture, Dogville, Lars von Trier, Synecdoche New York | Leave a comment

A Few More Reviews of In Praise of Copying

Posted on April 19, 2011 by marcus3001

A busy time of the year for me, but I have a backlog of posts re. copying that I’m working on. In the meantime, here are few interesting recent reviews of In Praise of Copying. First off Amy Ione in … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Reviews | Tagged Amy Ione, Books, Copying Culture, David Banash, In Praise of Copying, Leonardo Digital, Mark Fisher, Postmodern Culture, Reviews, The Wire | Leave a comment

Buddhism and Copying talk at Center of Gravity, Toronto

Posted on March 16, 2011 by marcus3001

I’ll be giving a talk about Buddhism and copying this coming Thursday, March 17th at the downtown Toronto yoga/meditation space Center of Gravity, run by author and teacher Michael Stone. The talk starts with a half hour of no-talk at … Continue reading →

Posted in Talks | Tagged Buddhism, Center of Gravity, Copying Culture, Michael Stone, Talks | 2 Comments

Ice Fishing in Gimli

Posted on February 13, 2011 by marcus3001

I recently interviewed Winnipeg based writer/artist/architect Rob Kovitz about his epic 8 volume 4500 page novel Ice Fishing in Gimli, for a chapbook published in conjunction with the exhibition of the book currently on show at The Department in Toronto, … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays | Tagged Art Gallery of York University, Canada, Christian Bök, Copying Culture, Eunoia, Gail Scott, Glenn Gould, Guy Maddin, Ice Fishing in Gimli, John Oswald, M. Nourbese Philip, Marshall McLuhan, Michael Maranda, Michael Snow, My Paris, Plunderphonics, Rob Kovitz, Shary Boyle, The Department, Walter Benjamin, Wavelength, Winnipeg, Zong! | Leave a comment

A2K Symposium and Book

Posted on February 3, 2011 by marcus3001

I just wrote a short contribution to an online symposium held by legal blog Concurring Opinions to celebrate the publication of Gaëlle Krikorian and Amy Kapczynski’s book, Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property. A2K is an interesting rallying … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays | Tagged A2K, Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property, Amy Kapczynski, Concurring Opinions, Copying Culture, Essays, Gaëlle Krikorian, Lawrence Liang, WikiLeaks, Yochai Benkler | Leave a comment

On WFMU with DJ /rupture, Monday Dec. 27th

Posted on December 24, 2010 by marcus3001

I’ll be talking with DJ /rupture a.k.a. Jace Clayton next Monday, December 27th on his WFMU show, from 6-8 p.m. Jace is one of the finest DJs on this planet or any other, and one of the deepest thinkers about … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Press, Reviews | Tagged Books, Copying Culture, DJ /rupture, Global Bass, In Praise of Copying, Kuduro, Logobi, Mudd Up!, Press, Ramadanman, Reviews, Saharan psychedelia, WFMU | 3 Comments

Where We Live: Copying and Creativity

Posted on December 9, 2010 by marcus3001

I had a very interesting hour long conversation yesterday on Connecticut NPR’s Where We Live show, hosted by John Dankosky, exploring the relationship between copying and creativity. You can download the podcast here. Joining me were musician/theorist remix guru DJ … Continue reading →

Posted in Press | Tagged Copying Culture, Counterfeit Chic, DJ Spooky, John Dankosky, NPR, Press, Rhythm Science, Susan Scafidi, Where We Live | Leave a comment