Dalibor Davidović, Ksenija Stevanović (eds.): Archipelagos of Sound. Music and Its History Within the Imperial World Order (2005)

In this booklet we will focus on two general aspects that are to be singled out from a wide range of the possibilities suggested by subtitle Music and its History Within the Imperial World Order: What could be a definition of the historicity of music/sound-material that reflects the basic determinants of the digital age? The question is centered on multiplicity of the present in the past, i.e. how a contemporary view rediscovers the musical history. Post-globalized world, the one after first cycle of globalization, is just the one aspect of taking-place of the world, unable to completely consume up all the potentials of worldliness. Borrowing here Jean-Luc Nancy’s concept of mondialisation, which designates a powerful reassessment of the notions of world and creation, we’re interested what such a concept – mondialisation – could mean for the music. What does it mean to make (create) music after the globalization?

With texts by Peter Szendy, DJ Spooky and Stevanović & Davidović
Translation: Irena Ajdinović, Dalibor Davidović, Ksenija Stevanović
Publisher: Croatian Composers’ Society – Cantus d.o.o., 2005
Joint-production of Music Biennale Zagreb and Multimedia Institute
80 pages

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Smiers, van Schijndel: Imagine There Is No Copyright and No Cultural Conglomorates Too (2009)

If we recognize that copyright is unfeasible, and unjustifiable, what should our response be? Immediately comes to mind that copyright provides an investment protection to blockbusters, best sellers and stars. It distorts cultural markets and pushes a wide variety of cultural expressions out of sight. At the same time, cultural conglomerates controlling copyright dominate cultural markets by owning the means of production, distribution, marketing and reception of cultural expressions. From the perspective of democracy and fair competition this type of market control is not to be tolerated.

Thus, let us imagine what abolishing copyright would accomplish, while we do not hesitate cutting cultural conglomerates into many pieces. The result is a level playing field in which many, and many more artists can make a decent living. And even more important effect would be the restoration of our public domain of creativity and knowledge.

Authors: Joost Smiers, Marieke van Schijndel
Translation from Dutch: Rosalind Buck
Publisher: Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam 2009.
Series: Theory on Demand #4
ISBN: 978-90-78146-09-4.

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Song hojun: D.I.Y. Satellite (2009) [Korean, English]

A zine by Song hojun, the leader of Open Source Satellite Initiative for developing a D.I.Y. satellite. Based on the artist’s sketch and manual of D.I.Y. Satellite, the publication contains thoughts on private space program, its execution plan, and things are going to happen afterward.

Proceeds from the sales will be used for building a satellite and renting a rocket.

Publisher Mediabus, Seoul, October 2009
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Korea
ISBN 9788994027043
40 pages

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