TWC Releases No. 9 (Fan/Remix Video special issue)

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Transformative Works and Cultures has released No. 9, Fan/Remix Video, guest edited by Francesca Coppa and Julie Levin Russo. An exciting slate of essays and multimedia explorations discuss issues related to videos of all sorts, including fan videos, AMVs, and political remix.

This special issue of TWC provides scholarly essays, multimedia, and interviews, most of which utilize the online-only aspect of TWC to embed videos and images. It engages a broad variety of remix video genres--vids, anime music videos, political remix, queer video, fan trailers and reedits, and others--and features cutting-edge theoretical essays about the ways in which multimedia literacy is changing our culture.

The guest editors hope that this issue will be of interest to artists, fans, and academics alike. "One of the things that interested us was the way remix sits within the classic liberal arts," says Francesca Coppa. "Both Julie Levin Russo and I have taught courses about remix, and we hope this issue will be useful to teachers and learners alike."

Paul Booth considers how remixes mash together two time frames. Tisha Turk and Joshua Johnson claim that scholars of remix typically paint vidders as articulate consumers rather than as producers in their own right. Virginia Kuhn discuss vids in terms of rhetoric and reading strategies. Kim Middleton links the crisis of the humanities and the rise of the remix. Sarah Fiona Winters provides a close reading of two vids that many fans will recognize: "Closer" and "On the Prowl." Agnese Vellar analyzes vids that riff on Lady Gaga's "Telephone" video. And Kathleen Williams assesses fake and fan movie trailers as architectural desire lines.

Martin Leduc surveys the career of political remixer Jonathan McIntosh; Zephra Doerr looks at anime abridged series; and Forest Phillips explores Star Wars fan edits and recuts. Popular vidder counteragent interviews fellow vidder Bradcpu, and artists Desiree D'Alessandro and Diran Lyons together discuss the ways remix culture has influenced their work. Brett Boessen presents a video interview with fair use advocates Eric Faden and Nina Paley. And Lindsay Giggey reviews Jennifer Gillan's 2010 book Television and New Media: Must-Click TV.

In curated lists of historically important videos, Ian Roberts discusses "Genesis of the Digital Anime Music Video Scene," and Jonathan McIntosh provides a history of pre-YouTube history of political remix. Elisa Kreisinger considers remix as a queer act. Finally, Alexandra Juhasz addresses the shallowness and triviality of remix in her "Fred Rant" video book.

Check out our trailer videos under the cut:

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TWC Releases No. 9 (Fan/Remix Video special issue)

[francescacoppa.livejournal.com]

Transformative Works and Cultures has released No. 9, Fan/Remix Video, guest edited by Francesca Coppa and Julie Levin Russo. An exciting slate of essays and multimedia explorations discuss issues related to videos of all sorts, including fan videos, AMVs, and political remix.

This special issue of TWC provides scholarly essays, multimedia, and interviews, most of which utilize the online-only aspect of TWC to embed videos and images. It engages a broad variety of remix video genres--vids, anime music videos, political remix, queer video, fan trailers and reedits, and others--and features cutting-edge theoretical essays about the ways in which multimedia literacy is changing our culture.

The guest editors hope that this issue will be of interest to artists, fans, and academics alike. "One of the things that interested us was the way remix sits within the classic liberal arts," says Francesca Coppa. "Both Julie Levin Russo and I have taught courses about remix, and we hope this issue will be useful to teachers and learners alike."

Paul Booth considers how remixes mash together two time frames. Tisha Turk and Joshua Johnson claim that scholars of remix typically paint vidders as articulate consumers rather than as producers in their own right. Virginia Kuhn discuss vids in terms of rhetoric and reading strategies. Kim Middleton links the crisis of the humanities and the rise of the remix. Sarah Fiona Winters provides a close reading of two vids that many fans will recognize: "Closer" and "On the Prowl." Agnese Vellar analyzes vids that riff on Lady Gaga's "Telephone" video. And Kathleen Williams assesses fake and fan movie trailers as architectural desire lines.

Martin Leduc surveys the career of political remixer Jonathan McIntosh; Zephra Doerr looks at anime abridged series; and Forest Phillips explores Star Wars fan edits and recuts. Popular vidder counteragent interviews fellow vidder Bradcpu, and artists Desiree D'Alessandro and Diran Lyons together discuss the ways remix culture has influenced their work. Brett Boessen presents a video interview with fair use advocates Eric Faden and Nina Paley. And Lindsay Giggey reviews Jennifer Gillan's 2010 book Television and New Media: Must-Click TV.

In curated lists of historically important videos, Ian Roberts discusses "Genesis of the Digital Anime Music Video Scene," and Jonathan McIntosh provides a history of pre-YouTube history of political remix. Elisa Kreisinger considers remix as a queer act. Finally, Alexandra Juhasz addresses the shallowness and triviality of remix in her "Fred Rant" video book.

Check out our trailer videos under the cut:

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Links roundup for 16 March 2012

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Here's a roundup of stories on fan activities that might be of interest to fans:

• K-pop fandom made the pages of the Wall Street Journal which wrote about how the "true measure of a fan's devotion is sending lunch to the stars." "The trend, which has spawned a little industry of specialist lunch providers, reflects the desire of many South Korean fans to nourish their idols rather than just shower them with gifts they probably don't want." The trend has profited the providers of the lunches, although the needs are quite specific. "Food should be low-fat because most of the recipients are weight-conscious pop stars, and it should taste good even when served cold. She also varies her charges to reduce the burden on younger fans." There is also a concern for security. "Applicants are usually asked to fill out an online order form, including the proposed menu, delivery date and the name of a catering service, which is sent to the management agency of the artists for review and approval."


• While K-pop fans treat their idols' tastebuds, one man has found a way to satisfy his own fannish desires. "Popping up in nearly 30 comic books, he has become the industry’s Waldo—a lurking stowaway who has managed to hijack the unlikeliest panels. 'It's the ultimate bragging right to go into a comic store and pick up a book you're in,' says [Jeff] Johnson, a 30-year-old Kmart electronics clerk from Leavenworth, Kansas."


• Both fans and companies do look beyond themselves, however. As part of a Make-A-Wish effort one company created an oversized R2-D2 for a boy to drive and presented it to him at a school assembly that also featured a lightsaber battle.


• PC World recently featured a live-action Minecraft fan film and noted "At this point, there must be more live-action fan films for Minecraft--a bit of a blank slate, from a fiction point of view--than there are for franchises with rich settings like Half-Life. It's surprisingly genre-flexible, isn't it? I suppose that's the kind of creative adaptability that comes from material that literally has been designed to be taken apart so you can invent something new."

If you are a Star Wars, Comics, K-pop fan or are a gamer, why not write about it in Fanlore? Additions are welcome from all fans.

We want your suggestions! If you know of an essay, video, article, event, or link you think we should know about, comment on the most recent Links Roundup — on transformativeworks.org, LJ, or DW — or give @OTW_News a shoutout on Twitter. Links are welcome in all languages!

Submitting a link doesn't guarantee that it will be included in a roundup post, and inclusion of a link doesn't mean that it is endorsed by the OTW. Mirrored from an original post on the OTW blog. Find related news by viewing our tag cloud.

Links roundup for 16 March 2012

[otw-staff.livejournal.com]

Here's a roundup of stories on fan activities that might be of interest to fans:

• K-pop fandom made the pages of the Wall Street Journal which wrote about how the "true measure of a fan's devotion is sending lunch to the stars." "The trend, which has spawned a little industry of specialist lunch providers, reflects the desire of many South Korean fans to nourish their idols rather than just shower them with gifts they probably don't want." The trend has profited the providers of the lunches, although the needs are quite specific. "Food should be low-fat because most of the recipients are weight-conscious pop stars, and it should taste good even when served cold. She also varies her charges to reduce the burden on younger fans." There is also a concern for security. "Applicants are usually asked to fill out an online order form, including the proposed menu, delivery date and the name of a catering service, which is sent to the management agency of the artists for review and approval."


• While K-pop fans treat their idols' tastebuds, one man has found a way to satisfy his own fannish desires. "Popping up in nearly 30 comic books, he has become the industry’s Waldo—a lurking stowaway who has managed to hijack the unlikeliest panels. 'It's the ultimate bragging right to go into a comic store and pick up a book you're in,' says [Jeff] Johnson, a 30-year-old Kmart electronics clerk from Leavenworth, Kansas."


• Both fans and companies do look beyond themselves, however. As part of a Make-A-Wish effort one company created an oversized R2-D2 for a boy to drive and presented it to him at a school assembly that also featured a lightsaber battle.


• PC World recently featured a live-action Minecraft fan film and noted "At this point, there must be more live-action fan films for Minecraft--a bit of a blank slate, from a fiction point of view--than there are for franchises with rich settings like Half-Life. It's surprisingly genre-flexible, isn't it? I suppose that's the kind of creative adaptability that comes from material that literally has been designed to be taken apart so you can invent something new."

If you are a Star Wars, Comics, K-pop fan or are a gamer, why not write about it in Fanlore? Additions are welcome from all fans.

We want your suggestions! If you know of an essay, video, article, event, or link you think we should know about, comment on the most recent Links Roundup — on transformativeworks.org, LJ, or DW — or give @OTW_News a shoutout on Twitter. Links are welcome in all languages!

Submitting a link doesn't guarantee that it will be included in a roundup post, and inclusion of a link doesn't mean that it is endorsed by the OTW. Mirrored from an original post on the OTW blog. Find related news by viewing our tag cloud.