Open Source Shorts is a series of short films released under Creative Commons licenses.
Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists and build on the “all rights reserved” concept of traditional copyright to offer a voluntary “some rights reserved” approach. With Creative Commons licenses artists are free to copy distribute and remix creative works without the threat of being labeled pirates.
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This screening features an eclectic mix of works by artists from around the world. A taste of the globalized digital culture of the 21st century.
The Screening features –
A selection of works remixed and recycled from public domain film footage found on the Prelinger Internet Movie Archive.
A remix of 1940’s screw ball comedy ‘His Girl Friday’ by Austrian film maker Valentin Spirik.
Illusion of Distance by New York video artist Steven Baughman is inspired by the personal letters of a friend unhappy with married life and uses imagery from a 1950’s documentary detailing a day in the life of a young man and his coming of age.
Four Docs a Channel 4 Internet documentary channel.
Music videos from UK Copyleft record label Loca Records.
‘Neum’ by Berlin based Irish artist Enda O’Donoghue.
Vlog (Video Blog) Artist Michael Szpakowski’s ‘Scenes of Provincial Life’.
‘Move this Rock’ video of performance by artist Christine Nadir and Cary Peppermint.
‘Letters From Beirut to those who Love Us’ by Lebanese artists of Beirut DC, a film and cinema collective which runs the yearly Ayam Beirut Al Cinema’iya Film Festival.
