The Theft of Art

On April 24th, both the US House and Senate introduced versions of Orphan Works legislation. The House Bill is particularly threatening to the livelihood of visual artists and endorsed by private businesses which stand to gain at our expense. This problem is not confined to the US, however, as an Orphan Works bill is also in the works under the civil branch of the European Union.

Read more about what this means here:
http://www.jwharrison.com/blog/2008/05/05/the-theft-of-art-%e2%80%93-show-you...

Contact US Senators:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Contact US House Representatives:
http://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml

Sign a petition at the Illustrators Partnership of America to notify the Senate and House that you oppose these bipartisan pro-business bills:
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/

The instrumental in this video was generously provided by Depakote
http://www.myspace.com/Depakote
Go support him. He's good people.

The time-lapsed images in this video (in which a double-sided Statue of Liberty is incarnated as both a conquistador and US soldier over a map of the world) were taken during the creation of a piece called "Lust" from a series called "On the Eave of Obstruction: The Seven Deadly Sins of the O.C.". Yeah, it's a mouthful (that's what she said) but it isn't as pretentious as it sounds. Though the series as a whole is near completion, this particular work is currently unfinished. I plan on making a video to show each piece in the series in the near future.

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[iKnowYouSeeThis]

Upon reviewing your videos I've noticed that your wardrobe tends to hold a 'hidden' message of it's own, or am I mis-interpreting?

In this case you have a T-shirt of the Philippines while your artwork displays the statue of Liberty and M16 that represents United States, and armaments from the Spanish Empire.

The archipelago was consolidated by conquistadores into Spain under King Phillip, then later usurped by the US in the Spanish-American war under the pretext of 'Liberation'.

[ManilaRyceTLM]

@iKnowYouSeeThis

You're a clever one. Thank you for paying attention to detail my friend.

[iKnowYouSeeThis]

That can be taken a bit ambiguously... clever as in presumptuous or perceptive?

I'd like to have an idea of the accuracy of my assumptions.

[ManilaRyceTLM]

Perceptive. My shirt is indeed a reference to European and American imperialism.

[iKnowYouSeeThis]

Amazing you've pierced the vale of the capitalist mentality... nothing is sacred but that which makes a profit.

This is a subject so overlooked since it is only artistic individuals who end up facing the dilemma of whether to follow their passion and likely become a "starving artist" or join a marketing firm and become a "sellout".

Corporatism can never truly promote the Arts, it can only trivialize the Arts -- since they constantly seek to impose a "formula" on the creative thought process.

[lowcaddy07]

couldnt of said it better myself.  really.

[gaarainblood]

very nice

[ericdasfacha]

very insightful. i like what your saying my friend.

[cityzenvideo]

Thanks Manila! Your work energizes me!

[FriendOregon]

Fookin good vid mate!

[headhunterukg007]

this is what you tube should be about............this was simply dope well done keeping put this stuff out there there are way to many ppl sleep walking in life

[TakeruKamiya]

Fantastic Video

[PsychoticusRex]

Honesty is not a negative characteristic.  The absence of my opinion that everyone should work to cut the throat of everyone else is a social value, what non-sociopaths call morals. I'm given to understand most americans are ignorant of this concept, you poor ignorant yankee.

[PsychoticusRex]

Ok, I agree with the second sentence, as does my comment, and then you make baseless accusation against me and call me names...hard to tell what side of the issue you're on. :P

"get out of the box" "artisan" oi, jingo much?

[Janarchist85]

"Make money making the world a better place."

Ha! That's so naive it's almost cute.