this tried to get to the list but bounced because it had hundreds of
addresses in the "To" field. I have graciously trimmed them.
smh
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�utandpaste 'TM' | November 24, 1999
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Cannibalizing recombinant culture for your holiday dining pleasure!
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Nearly 1,000 (count 'em!) links to news, information and Web resources for
collage, sample-based and recombinant artists of all genres. And Santa
Claus is coming to town, early -- with a search engine, too! Woo-hoo!
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FRESHLY UPDATED *STUFF*!
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(Cut and paste these links, or go di-rectly to http://come.to/cutandpaste
and surf from there. Cheers!)
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News You Can Re-Use
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Waiting for Moby: Laurie Anderson
After 25 years, Laurie Anderson comes into her own by tackling Melville's
behemoth, Moby-Dick.
L.A. Weekly.
<http://www.laweekly.com/ink/99/52/reverb-hirshberg.shtml>
Taboo: Jon Hassell, Hyperreality and the Magic of Tone
Composer/trumpeter Jon Hassell on his new release Fascinoma, studying with
Stockhausen, the relation between collage techniques and Pygmy music, naked
beauty and Burroughs doing Nike ads. L.A. Weekly.
<http://www.laweekly.com/ink/99/52/reverb-payne.shtml>
Apocalypse Wow
Artist Winston Smith celebrates the last gasp of the 20th century with his
"I Survived the 20th Century Year 2000" calendar. Metro, Silicon Valley's
Weekly Newspaper.
<http://www.metroactive.com:80/metro/slices-9946.html>
Wallace Berman Redux
Arrested during his first exhibition in 1957, Wallace Berman took his
collages, poems, and handmade magazines underground. Even so, his influence
prevails. Village Voice
<http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/9946/turner.shtml>
Et 2, Brut�?
Not >gasp< Negativland on mp3.com?! And with The Forbidden Single (Special
Edit), too?!
<http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/66/negativland.html>
Beck Still Mining Junk Culture
Twisted collage is the thing -- sampled sounds, taped voices and implicit
irony. The Boston Globe.
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/320/living/On_new_release_Beck_still_mini
ng_junk_culture +.shtml>
Back to the Copier
Susan Zimmerman and 14 other Xer--, er, photocopy artists will contribute
to a how-to book about materials and techniques. The Boston Globe.
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/318/west/With_bits_and_pieces_art_is_prod
uced+.shtml>
Playground Playgiarism?
Butthole Surfers recognize Marcy Playground album art by
Mark Ryden, originally intended for their own CD. SonicNet Music News.
<http://www.bugjuice.com/buzz/sonicnet/index.html>
One Man's Trash, Another's Treasure
"Re-cycled, Re-Seen: Folk Art From the Global Scrap Heap," a charming show
of 700 objects made by untrained artisans, who appropriate global detritus
and transform it into objects of beauty and interest. L.A. Times.
<http://www.latimes.com/tcn/santamonica/columns/19991111/tsm0000887.html>
Judge Pooh-Poohs Fair Use Argument
In a ruling that could shape how copyright laws are applied on the Net, a
federal judge rejected an argument by a conservative Web site that posting
articles copied without permission from major newspapers is legally
protected as fair use. L.A. Times.
<http://www.latimes.com/business/19991109/t000101776.html>
Situationist '99
Craig Baldwin's eagerly anticipated Spectres of the Spectrum, composed
mostly of ingeniously collaged archival footage, opens the Film Arts
Festival. San Francisco Bay Guardian.
<http://www.sfbg.com/AandE/34/05/situationist.html>
Meet the Beatles' Lawyers
Steve Dirkx's 'Beatles in a Blender project' is pretty much just what the
name implies, or as close as the law and modern technology allow. Dirkx's
collage homage has made it into semi-regular rotation on New York's
WFMU-FM. The Dallas Observer.
<http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/1999-10-28/sceneheard2.html>
A Blast From the Oh-So-Soon-Forgotten Past
One of the art world's most lauded word artists, Jenny Holzer, says U2
ripped her off. U2's video director denies theft: "It's part of an artist's
influence on pop culture." Entertainment Weekly, May 8, 1992.
<http://www.pathfinder.com/ew/archive/1,1798,1|6724|0|Jenny_Holzer,00.html?n
ame1=Jenny Holzer&lastresult=0&query=Jenny Holzer <IN> MAJOR <OR> Jenny
Holzer&major_ref=OFF&mtype=0&list_size=25&direction=>
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New and Notable
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"The Butcher's Covers, " Steve Dirkx (CD)
Dirkx gently (while his sampler gently weeps) takes "the Sacred Recordings
of the Cherished Tunesmiths" and riffs them a new anthology.
"Pure Drivel," Steve Martin (paperback)
Nine ninety-five for Pure Drivel? Call me Ishmael. That's right, Ishmael
Twist�.
"Good Times," The Tape-beatles (CD)
Speak of the devil, why, it's the *Pre*-Fab Four of found sound, The
Tape-beatles. See what real listeners are saying in their sleep about their
new release "Good Times" and its clue-filled cover.
BOMB, Fall 1999, No. 69: A whale of an interview with Laurie Anderson, who
chats with Herman Melville from beyond-the-grave; Raymond Pettibon on
plundering literature for art's sake, and lots of new lit in first proof.
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New Events
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Exhibits: Book As Art XI, Raymond Pettibon, Cindy Sherman and Barbara
Kruger retrospectives; Part II (1950-2000) of The American Century, museum
and online exhibit featuring collage and appropriative artists including
Cindy Sherman, Alex Katz, Louise Bourgeois, Chuck Close, Jean-Michael
Basquiat, Eva Hesse, Jeff Koons, Julian Schnabel, and Jasper Johns.
Last call: Bakers' Dozen Collage Swap mail-art project.
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