Event

RIP: A Remix Manifesto

Sound Unseen is very pleased to be screening RIP: A Remix Manifesto on Thursday, May 28th at The TRYLON screening room in Minneapolis. This award winning film has screened at high profile film festivals such as SXSW and IFDA (Audience Choice Award Winner) and now comes to Minneapolis via Sound Unseen. Its a perfect match. We will have very limited # of tickets available. Tickets will be available for advanced purchase soon.

Date May 28, 2009
Time 8:00 PM
Venue The TRYLON screening room
Location 2820 E 33rd St, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Event Type Open to the Public
Ticket Price $5
Venue Capacity 60
Event Website http://soundunseen.com

About the Film

In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers.

The films central protagonist is Girl Talk, a mash-up musician topping the charts with his sample-based songs. But is Girl Talk a paragon of people power or the Pied Piper of piracy? Creative Commons founder, Lawrence Lessig, Brazils Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil and pop culture critic Cory Doctorow are also along for the ride.

A participatory media experiment, from day one, Brett shares his raw footage at opensourcecinema.org, for anyone to remix. This movie-as-mash-up method allows these remixes to become an integral part of the film. With RiP: A remix manifesto, Gaylor and Girl Talk sound an urgent alarm and draw the lines of battle.

Which side of the ideas war are you on?