Thursday, 24 April 2008
Saturday, 9 February 2008
Narrative Sound and Image part 1
Narrative Sound and IMage. 9th February 2008.
Went to the library and found a number of books relating to the subjects mentioned in the brief.
Paul Nash.
Already knew his work even if I didn’t know his name. I like some of his work, especially the wartime Battle of Britain and the wrecks of the German aircraft in“Totes Meer” (Death Sea).
I also liked “The Cherry Orchard”, “Dymchurch Wall”, “Vimy Ridge”.
“The Ploughed Field” I loved it reminds me the lines in the sand after the tide has gone out.
The rest of his work I found muddled and messy.
Victor Pasmore.
Only like a couple of pieces of his work “A Winters Morning” and the haunting “Chiswick Bridge”
The rest I felt was messy, especially his colour work
Andy Goldsworthy.
I did like his Sycamore Stitched together work awesome the colours are vibrant. The Autumn is a special time of year, with the slow constant changes in colour. Unfortunately little of his ice work was depicted in the book I borrowed.
I was not impressed with the rest of his work which I found contrived and very out of place.
Patrick Heren.
OMG is this Art?????
Did not like any of his work, to my mind it is the work of a five year old let looses with the paint pots. Plenty of messy splodges created using a 3 inch house brush, in my opinion this is dross!!!
Barbara Hepworth.
Very much in the style of Henry Moore or is Henry Moore in the style of Barbara Hepworth. One can see similarities between the works of both artists.
Like Moore I love the sculptures with the use of string / wire. The work using wood is particularly stunning and beautiful; the grain created in the wood is awesome and she has found some lovely pieces.
I did not know of either of the musicians mentioned in the brief but I managed to find, via Amazon, a CD of the works of Nyman. "The VeryBest Of Michael Nyman".... Film Music 1980-2001.
I listened a few times to his music, in the hope to glean inspiration for the brief. Two tracks on the CD “did something for me”, they were
.1 Chasing sheep is best left to Shepard’s, and
.2 Knowing the ropes
I have plenty of ideas but I need to get these down on paper.
Went to the library and found a number of books relating to the subjects mentioned in the brief.
Paul Nash.
Already knew his work even if I didn’t know his name. I like some of his work, especially the wartime Battle of Britain and the wrecks of the German aircraft in“Totes Meer” (Death Sea).
I also liked “The Cherry Orchard”, “Dymchurch Wall”, “Vimy Ridge”.
“The Ploughed Field” I loved it reminds me the lines in the sand after the tide has gone out.
The rest of his work I found muddled and messy.
Victor Pasmore.
Only like a couple of pieces of his work “A Winters Morning” and the haunting “Chiswick Bridge”
The rest I felt was messy, especially his colour work
Andy Goldsworthy.
I did like his Sycamore Stitched together work awesome the colours are vibrant. The Autumn is a special time of year, with the slow constant changes in colour. Unfortunately little of his ice work was depicted in the book I borrowed.
I was not impressed with the rest of his work which I found contrived and very out of place.
Patrick Heren.
OMG is this Art?????
Did not like any of his work, to my mind it is the work of a five year old let looses with the paint pots. Plenty of messy splodges created using a 3 inch house brush, in my opinion this is dross!!!
Barbara Hepworth.
Very much in the style of Henry Moore or is Henry Moore in the style of Barbara Hepworth. One can see similarities between the works of both artists.
Like Moore I love the sculptures with the use of string / wire. The work using wood is particularly stunning and beautiful; the grain created in the wood is awesome and she has found some lovely pieces.
I did not know of either of the musicians mentioned in the brief but I managed to find, via Amazon, a CD of the works of Nyman. "The VeryBest Of Michael Nyman".... Film Music 1980-2001.
I listened a few times to his music, in the hope to glean inspiration for the brief. Two tracks on the CD “did something for me”, they were
.1 Chasing sheep is best left to Shepard’s, and
.2 Knowing the ropes
I have plenty of ideas but I need to get these down on paper.
Wednesday, 2 January 2008
Copyright Case Studies
Copyright Case Studies
Hot off the Press, from this months Computer Arts Magazine
The Copycat Creative.
Freelance artiste Sally Swannell has been thriving in the greeting cards and stationery sector for the past five years. One day, whilst walking down her local high street she came across what looked like a copy of one of her illustrations on a greeting card and calendar.
“The whole design had been copied with a few ‘subtle’ changes,” says Swannell. As a member of the association of Illustrators, she sent them her original design and the ‘copy’: “I felt it was too close to my original I had to do something about it.” Her query is currently being assessed by the AOL’s ethical advisors, and she awaits advice on how – or if – to proceed.
Swannell has found the experience to be utterly deflating. “This isn’t just a nine-to-five-job – I put my heart and soul into it. I love what I do, but all the same I earn my fees. When you’ve spent a lot of time on a piece, its galling to se a badly executed copy somebody has thrown together off the back of your original.”
“I’ve no respect for an artist or designer who copies another’s work. We’re all under commercial pressure. I’ve had requests to ‘Do something the same as that’, but I’ve never gone down that road. I feel it’s totally wrong.”
Its one thing for an illustrator to stumble across work bearing a startling resemblance to their work, but what happens when two pieces of virtually identical corporate branding belongs to a government agency and one of the world’s largest software houses?
This was the situation facing the Scottish Arts Council (SAC) and Quark, when the latter unveiled its new corporate identity in 2005. Quark’s hand drawn upper-case ‘Q’ was identical in all but colour to the SAC lower-case ‘a’, which was also hand drawn. At the time, the SAC put out the following statement: “The similarities of the design of Quark’s new logo and ours are indeed uncanny.” For its part, Quark said: “We engaged in extensive checks to discover any similar existing logos. We evidently didn’t find them all.”
The SAC logo was designed by Glasgow-based Graven Images, founded by on of Scotland’s leading graphic designers, Janice Kirkpatrick. How did she feel when the Quark logo was unveiled? Indignant? Angry? Deflated?
“I found it amusing.” She reveals.
There was a big hoo-hah in the press at the time but there was never any accusation of theft.” She adds; “In our business, we are very process-driven; we don’t just pluck things out of the air. I think its very diffe4erent from the fashion industry, where there are huge issues of counterfeiting. Everything is grounded in research. I never thought it was a rip off idea. Quark is a reputable organisation and it of all organisations would not do something that was illegal.”
Quark binned its controversial new logo, unveiling a radically different version in March 2006 – but not for plagiarism reasons, Kirkpatrick explains: “It was an issue of legal ownership, and I don’t think there was any conflict.”
Sitting back and doing nothing is not an option for many designers who have had their work cribbed – certainly not a certain Australian fashion designer who’s engaged in a global one-man campaign to battle plagiarism in the design industry. You Thought We Wouldn’t Notice is an open blog site dedicated to identifying work that seems too similar to an existing creation to be entirely coincidental. Fields covered include design, art, animation, retail, advertising, fashion and even graffiti.
The site’s founder – who wishes to be known simply as Rone “(The site has pissed a lot of people off, because they have been caught out”) – set it up after he and his friends saw their street art, pop up in places they never expected.
Melbourne–based Rone remembers: “One time, my art was sent to me by a fashion website in an e mail ready for all their subscribers to download and use. People using it for commercial gain didn’t feel right.
The site, he says, is designed to keep copycats on their toes and enables artists who’ve been copied to voice their side of the story and gain support from colleagues and peers.
It now attracts IP lawyers from Europe and the US, who contribute blogs outlining creative rights in various areas of different countries. The aim, explains Rone, is too attract IP lawyers from other countries to help out in delineating rights, in exchange for links from the site.
“I’d like the site to become a strong deterrent to plagiarism.” He says.
“There’s really no excuse for copying someone else’s work – especially corporations with budgets bigger than an artist’s lifetime wages.
Copied in whole from: Computer Arts January 2008 magazine (Pages 36-37)
The Blog site for: You Thought We Wouldn’t Notice
http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice/blog3/
I found this to be a poor messy site even if its concept and ideas are good…good luck navigating it
Hot off the Press, from this months Computer Arts Magazine
The Copycat Creative.
Freelance artiste Sally Swannell has been thriving in the greeting cards and stationery sector for the past five years. One day, whilst walking down her local high street she came across what looked like a copy of one of her illustrations on a greeting card and calendar.
“The whole design had been copied with a few ‘subtle’ changes,” says Swannell. As a member of the association of Illustrators, she sent them her original design and the ‘copy’: “I felt it was too close to my original I had to do something about it.” Her query is currently being assessed by the AOL’s ethical advisors, and she awaits advice on how – or if – to proceed.
Swannell has found the experience to be utterly deflating. “This isn’t just a nine-to-five-job – I put my heart and soul into it. I love what I do, but all the same I earn my fees. When you’ve spent a lot of time on a piece, its galling to se a badly executed copy somebody has thrown together off the back of your original.”
“I’ve no respect for an artist or designer who copies another’s work. We’re all under commercial pressure. I’ve had requests to ‘Do something the same as that’, but I’ve never gone down that road. I feel it’s totally wrong.”
Its one thing for an illustrator to stumble across work bearing a startling resemblance to their work, but what happens when two pieces of virtually identical corporate branding belongs to a government agency and one of the world’s largest software houses?
This was the situation facing the Scottish Arts Council (SAC) and Quark, when the latter unveiled its new corporate identity in 2005. Quark’s hand drawn upper-case ‘Q’ was identical in all but colour to the SAC lower-case ‘a’, which was also hand drawn. At the time, the SAC put out the following statement: “The similarities of the design of Quark’s new logo and ours are indeed uncanny.” For its part, Quark said: “We engaged in extensive checks to discover any similar existing logos. We evidently didn’t find them all.”
The SAC logo was designed by Glasgow-based Graven Images, founded by on of Scotland’s leading graphic designers, Janice Kirkpatrick. How did she feel when the Quark logo was unveiled? Indignant? Angry? Deflated?
“I found it amusing.” She reveals.
There was a big hoo-hah in the press at the time but there was never any accusation of theft.” She adds; “In our business, we are very process-driven; we don’t just pluck things out of the air. I think its very diffe4erent from the fashion industry, where there are huge issues of counterfeiting. Everything is grounded in research. I never thought it was a rip off idea. Quark is a reputable organisation and it of all organisations would not do something that was illegal.”
Quark binned its controversial new logo, unveiling a radically different version in March 2006 – but not for plagiarism reasons, Kirkpatrick explains: “It was an issue of legal ownership, and I don’t think there was any conflict.”
Sitting back and doing nothing is not an option for many designers who have had their work cribbed – certainly not a certain Australian fashion designer who’s engaged in a global one-man campaign to battle plagiarism in the design industry. You Thought We Wouldn’t Notice is an open blog site dedicated to identifying work that seems too similar to an existing creation to be entirely coincidental. Fields covered include design, art, animation, retail, advertising, fashion and even graffiti.
The site’s founder – who wishes to be known simply as Rone “(The site has pissed a lot of people off, because they have been caught out”) – set it up after he and his friends saw their street art, pop up in places they never expected.
Melbourne–based Rone remembers: “One time, my art was sent to me by a fashion website in an e mail ready for all their subscribers to download and use. People using it for commercial gain didn’t feel right.
The site, he says, is designed to keep copycats on their toes and enables artists who’ve been copied to voice their side of the story and gain support from colleagues and peers.
It now attracts IP lawyers from Europe and the US, who contribute blogs outlining creative rights in various areas of different countries. The aim, explains Rone, is too attract IP lawyers from other countries to help out in delineating rights, in exchange for links from the site.
“I’d like the site to become a strong deterrent to plagiarism.” He says.
“There’s really no excuse for copying someone else’s work – especially corporations with budgets bigger than an artist’s lifetime wages.
Copied in whole from: Computer Arts January 2008 magazine (Pages 36-37)
The Blog site for: You Thought We Wouldn’t Notice
http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice/blog3/
I found this to be a poor messy site even if its concept and ideas are good…good luck navigating it
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