We live in a world where intellectual property is paramount, where copyright law is strict and highly punishable. We also live in a world, however, where some of the best and brightest ideas are built on the sounds and ideas of the past. We live in a world in conflict
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Seven prisoners locked up in an unnamed South Carolina penitentiary filmed a rap music video in their cells in March of 2014. The video, taken by a contraband cell phone’s camera, was uploaded onto WorldStarHipHop, an entertainment and news media website that specializes in videos self-uploaded by viewers.Last week, they
It’s been two years since I’ve taken this course on Art and Crime, but when I saw this video posted on Facebook, I knew that it belonged here. Edit: I don’t know if the video will work. It appears on the “Preview” but it does not when I publish it.
Does Art Cause Crime? (no, it is not that simple): A Cultural Criminological Response to the Charlie
The Charlie Hebdo killings in Paris on January 7, 2015 beg for a more nuanced understanding of what happened and why, than is currently available in the popular media. Cultural criminology considers both the background and foreground of crime, and also sometimes studies the relationship between art and crime. As
The Charlie Hebdo killings in Paris on January 7, 2015 beg for a more nuanced understanding of what happened and why, than is currently available in the popular media. Cultural criminology considers both the background and foreground of crime, and also sometimes studies the relationship between art and crime. As
“A Nation to Itself Forever” is a sculpture done by David Cerny, a common unconventional artist. It features a thirty foot naked man atop Prague’s National Theatre, who appears to be masturbating. The statue spurts jets of steam from the sculpture’s penis at random intervals. The project was cut and
According to the law, graffiti is illegal when it is painted on someone else’s property. Banksy, an artist from Britain, has made a career out of painting graffiti in public places. In his defiance of the law by drawing and stenciling designs on unauthorized walls, Banksy’s work was first looked
In 2012, in order to raise awareness of asexual rights, Japanese artist, Mao Sugiyama, had his genitals surgically removed. On April 8, Sugiyama tweeted on the popular social network, Twitter, “”[Please retweet] I am offering my male genitals (full penis, testes, scrotum) as a meal for 100,000 yen …Will prepare
In 2012, in order to raise awareness of asexual rights, Japanese artist, Mao Sugiyama, had his genitals surgically removed. On April 8, Sugiyama tweeted on the popular social network, Twitter, “”[Please retweet] I am offering my male genitals (full penis, testes, scrotum) as a meal for 100,000 yen …Will prepare
In Jack Katz’s chapter on, “The Ways of the Badass”, he lists three integral qualities a badass must possess. These qualities are being tough, being alien, and being mean. However, the media portrays the “badass” in a variety of ways, many of them not adhering to these three standards. For