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MPSM222 We Are Pirates! : Appropriation, Decomposition and Interrelated Media 3cr


Appropriation, modification and trafficking of

imagesacross networks, systems and digital

devices have become a mass ritual of contemporary

social participation. While large media

conglomerates

make professional use of post production tools

for editing and enhancing each and every image to

which we are exposed daily, a large sector of

the population responds to this environment of

saturation by appropriating and trafficking

memes, video, animation and amateur photography.

Where do artists and designers fit within this

exchange?

What are the creative tools involved in the

market of piracy and uncreativity? Who owns the

images and cultural products we share everyday?

 

Students in this class explore the basics of

design fundamentals through a series of

decompositional exercises devoted to learning the

digital tools involved in the manipulation of

existing media, along with a

series of lectures and readings on piracy,

originality and contemporary

art and design practices. The class aims to stir

the imagination of the group and invite students

to embrace piracy as a learning process where

applications for digital production appear as

critical tools with a potential to respond to

their mere commercial use.

Hybrid Studio Critique

Fall