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“My piece was abstract, without narration or titles, and an authentic tribute to the pioneering work of the experimental films I made use of.” “I was proud to win with weirdness,” Curry says.
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Receiving the contest’s top honors was particularly meaningful, says Curry, because he works in Silicon Valley where the Internet Archive has “great nerd cred” and is a library that people revere. “It was like being a little kid who was told he couldn’t have cake and then one day saying: ‘Dive in!’,” Curry said of the access to the 1925 material in the Internet Archive. Having the works for this project in the public domain meant less time trying to get the content and more time to focus on the creative process. He says he works hard to operate within the rules because he wants his video creations to survive online and not be taken down because of copyright infringement allegations. As it happens, Curry just completed a class in multimedia copyright. He says it was also a pleasure to have easy access to the public domain content without commercial gatekeeping or legal obstacles, which he often encounters with digital material he wants to remix. “One day when I was choosing the music, I was driving around the city listening to songs and felt like I was transported back in time,” Curry says.
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While Curry’s studio is modern and full of electronic equipment, working with the 1925 content and hearing music with cartoonish voices making novelty, popping sounds their cheeks was a welcome break. His creation included flashes of Greta Garbo, ghosts from Koko Sees Spooks and colorful designs flowing in and out of the frames.
The format was inspired by the poem dramatized in triptych in the short film In Youth, Beside the Lonely Sea. Joshua Curry, a digital artist from San Jose, won first place for his submission, Danse des Aliénés (Dance of the Insane), in which he layers pieces of film on three panes with images rising and falling music to “Dance Macabre” (Dance of Death) performed by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
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These new creative works may also be available for reuse, as indicated by the license term selected by the creator. The judges reviewed 23 entries and chose a winner based on creativity, variety of 1925 content (including lists of all sources), and fit for the event (fun, interesting and captivating). He was a judge in the December short-film contest along with Carey Hott, professor of art and design at the University of San Francisco, and Brewster Kahle, digital librarian and founder of the Internet Archive. “The Internet Archive has spent 24 years collecting and archiving content from around the world…now is the time to see what people can do with it,” said Amir Saber Esfahani, director of special arts projects at the Internet Archive.
While some were abstract and others educational, they all showcased ingenuity and possibility when materials are openly available to the public.
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They discovered a new freedom in being able to remix film clips with Greta Garbo, magazine covers with flappers, and sheet music from standards like “Sweet Georgia Brown” – all downloadable for free and reusable without restriction.įor the contest, vintage images and sounds were woven into films of 2-3 minutes that conveyed a sense of whimsy, nostalgia, and humor. A still from the winning submission Danse des Aliénés (Dance of the Insane), featuring actress Greta Garbo.įilmmakers responded with enthusiasm and creativity to a call from the Internet Archive to make short films using newly available content from 1925 in celebration of Public Domain Day.