Erasing Dreamland

[IcyCoolX]

I dont get this video. Can someone please explain to me about what this video means?

[0keppes0]

@IcyCoolX

better late then never - not my words

"Erasing Dreamland" was created using found footage from Youtube in order to forge a digital homage to the analog techniques of the artist and film maker Bruce Conner, specifically his film "Take The 5-10 To Dreamland."

[superseska]

beautiful!

[atomicsoda]

ive watched this a couple times and im glad someone is looking at such an off-beat and profound artist for inspiration but i just have to say im really not crazy about this video. im not sure if youre trying to say something with it but its just as if you copied a bunch of videos of youtube that are vaguely similar to the conner shots. your video does make sense by itself or next to the conner video. im not trying to be a downer id just think it would be nice if you brought something more to it.

[stevenfama]

Allow me to say -- to vouch (I was with him when he watched this in 2007) -- that Bruce Conner -- who strictly prohibited any and all on-line posting of his films -- said this particular use of his film, with the "answering" or "responding" film shown at the same time -- was okay.

More than that, Bruce Conner liked it, the creativity and work (the synchronization, etc) done by the person who did this.

Not that I matter much, but I too think this side-by-side film project is great!

[balto79]

I'm confused. Who is this film by? What's the "meta data" associated with videos on YouTube? Is Bruce Conner's film on the left and the new one on the right? Please help. Oh, and who did the music for this, it's nice.

[stevenfama]

Bruce Conner's film -- 5:10 TO DREAMLAND -- is on the left.

The music is by Patrick Gleeson, and was composed and performed by him for Bruce Conner's movie (it's the sound-track to 5:10 TO DREAMLAND).

[EGI313]

Very well done.

[nietzscheluv]

very creative, really nice choice of clips.

[Djezabel]

Thanx Mark!!

[jnh3]

Wonderful work.

[FunnyHaHaFunnyHaHa]

The digital recreation of "Take The 5-10 To Dreamland" was created by searching through the meta data associated with videos on YouTube and sorting through the resulting clips for bits and pieces that would sync in time with Bruce Conners's film.

[FunnyHaHaFunnyHaHa]

YouTube Terms of Use

Furthermore, the copyright management status of the video enters an even stranger space upon the realization that both films were created using found footage. Conner was notorious as an artist for using found footage in his films that he would obtain at thrift shops and second hand stores (Bruce Conner Oral History).

[FunnyHaHaFunnyHaHa]

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[FunnyHaHaFunnyHaHa]

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[FunnyHaHaFunnyHaHa]

The film currently exists in copyright protection limbo, as the footage sampled was legally obtained from YouTube. As outlined within the terms of use agreement associated with uploading a video to YouTube, the content of Bruce Conner's film existed outside the realm of copy protection while it was still present on their network, regardless of Conner not being the original poster of the film.

[FunnyHaHaFunnyHaHa]

orary cultures fixation with remixing and re-contextualizing the past.

"Erasing Dreamland" was created using found footage from Youtube in order to forge a digital homage to the analog techniques of the artist and film maker Bruce Conner, specifically his film "Take The 5-10 To Dreamland."

The creation of this film lead to the erasure of Bruce Conner's film from the YouTube network, "due to its content being used with out the artists permission."

[FunnyHaHaFunnyHaHa]

"Erasing Dreamland" confronts issues of intellectual property management in the digital age, the phenomenon of socially networked video content, and contemp

[adamtzolkin]

Wow, what a weird and awesome way to get a crash course in Bruce Conner. Kudos for the excellent film and confusion/education.

[dartagnanpluck]

Nice job. I particularly like the way you treated the voyursism.