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Originally published on 03/30/03
Mediamixer is not a new piece of work but it is highly relevant due to current events and allegations that the media are once again influencing both political and social events like never before.
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During the Gulf War, masses of criticism were hurled upon CNN for making the war a televised event.
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This time its Al-Jazeera, the Quatar-based channel, who are being accused of unsound broadcasting techniques.
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Mediamixer is a step toward a liberalization of the media using notable new media techniques.
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An "interactive multimedia project series blurring the boundaries between the traditional dissemination of 'News' media and new forms of artist-created media manipulation mixers," its aim is to allow users to create their own interpretations of news events.
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While it uses a mass of plug-ins, this project lacks on several points: nothing is live or even really 'seeded' by the user; so, while you can mix your own news, the choices are highly edited by the news corporations who have made the original source material (and the copyright to this?), as well the artist who has pre-selected the sounds, videos etc. for the user to use.
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All in all, though it's an interesting collage, it shows little progress from the days of Braque and Picasso using newspapers in their collage-based works.
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Garrett Lynch ::
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Originally published on 03/30/03
Mediamixer is not a new piece of work but it is highly relevant due to current events and allegations that the media are once again influencing both political and social events like never before.

During the Gulf War, masses of criticism were hurled upon CNN for making the war a televised event. This time its Al-Jazeera, the Quatar-based channel, who are being accused of unsound broadcasting techniques. Mediamixer is a step toward a liberalization of the media using notable new media techniques. An "interactive multimedia project series blurring the boundaries between the traditional dissemination of 'News' media and new forms of artist-created media manipulation mixers," its aim is to allow users to create their own interpretations of news events.

While it uses a mass of plug-ins, this project lacks on several points: nothing is live or even really 'seeded' by the user; so, while you can mix your own news, the choices are highly edited by the news corporations who have made the original source material (and the copyright to this?), as well the artist who has pre-selected the sounds, videos etc. for the user to use. All in all, though it's an interesting collage, it shows little progress from the days of Braque and Picasso using newspapers in their collage-based works.
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Garrett Lynch ::

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