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

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 the Infinite Proliferation of Mutant Copies in Contemporary Culture” is a pretty freewheeling spin through the work of Philip K. Dick and the late great graffiti sage Rammellzee, amongst others … taking the position that countercultures in the late twentieth century are very much concerned with the concept of infinity and how human beings can access it.  I apply some of Alain Badiou’s work on the politics of how we think about infinity to some examples that probably Badiou would not be interested in.  But I am!  Generally speaking, it’s a great collection, with work by Siva Vaidhyanathan, Joshua Clover, Douglas Kahn, Craig Baldwin, Jeff Chang, Jonathan Lethem and many others ….

Next MAMA, Friday August 13!

Thanks to Craig Dunsmuir for throwing down a beautiful set of UK Funky tracks somehow morphing into classic Congolese pop and Philly disco at the last MAMA!  And respect to Drew for his investigations into new Turkish electropop too.

Next MAMA features the return of Merike a.k.a. Dorian of Dorian and Dorian and perhaps a chance to finally bust out those Shangaan Electro tracks that we’ve been listening to constantly recently.

Friday August 13, 10 pm, Teranga, 159 Augusta, Toronto!

MAMA, Saturday July 10 w. guest Craig Dunsmuir!

Join Drew, Dorian and Dorian and Marcus for monster global electronic grooves this Saturday, July 10th at Teranga, 159 Augusta, Toronto!

Special guest DJ set by Craig Dunsmuir of Indie-Afrobeat colossus Glissandro 70 fame!

PWYXXX

MAMA VIIII: Saturday July 10, 2010

photo Amos Shaw

Love and respect to the Huelepega Sound System for their ferocious doooombia set at the June MAMA.  Who knew that “Fly Robin Fly” was such a utopian anthem …

Next MAMA will happen Saturday July 10, 2010 at Teranga, 159 Augusta in the Market, Toronto, featuring a guest DJ set by Craig Dunsmuir.