Scratching in Protest

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T1 - Scratching in Protest

AU - Lockhart, Adam

N1 - Scottish Society for Art History in partnership with the Public Statues and Sculptures Association Acts of Defiance: Exploring Protest Art Webinar: 15 May 2021, 10.00-14.10 13.10-13.20 Adam Lockhart, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee Scratching in Protest

PY - 2021/5/15

Y1 - 2021/5/15

N2 - Artists have always embraced new technology creatively to highlight social and political issues. With the Portapak video recorder in the 1960s, video became democratised, no longer the reserve of the mainstream media. By the 1980s, ‘Scratch Video’ had evolved, using found and appropriated footage edited to change its context and meaning, creating video collage. Scratch Video was a pre-cursor to ‘video mash up’, often seen on social media with satirical political pieces created by artists like Cassette Boy and Swede Mason. This presentation will look at some examples of Scratch Video, its use in protest and its influence on mainstream culture.

AB - Artists have always embraced new technology creatively to highlight social and political issues. With the Portapak video recorder in the 1960s, video became democratised, no longer the reserve of the mainstream media. By the 1980s, ‘Scratch Video’ had evolved, using found and appropriated footage edited to change its context and meaning, creating video collage. Scratch Video was a pre-cursor to ‘video mash up’, often seen on social media with satirical political pieces created by artists like Cassette Boy and Swede Mason. This presentation will look at some examples of Scratch Video, its use in protest and its influence on mainstream culture.

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M3 - Other

T2 - Acts of Defianc

Y2 - 15 May 2021 through 15 June 2021

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