Remixing the Archive + TV Sheriff November 5, 2006

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD REMIX CONTEST WINNERS and INTRODUCTION TO USC DIGITAL ARCHIVE REMIX COMPETITION
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Institute for Multimedia Literacy
USC's Free Culture group will screen the top submissions from its Night of the Living Dead remix contest and award the first prize Neuros OSD, an open source, Linux-based, embedded media center. A selection of archive-based remix projects will also be on display in the IML labs along with information about the Remixing the Archive contest, in which USC students are invited to create recombinant projects based on materials from USC's digital archives.

PANEL DISCUSSION: THE ROOTS AND FUTURE OF REMIX
3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m., Annenberg Center for Communication
This panel discussion brings together theorists and practitioners of remixed media to examine the historical context and ideas about the future of remix culture, tracing its roots in avant-garde filmmaking, electronic music and computational media. Panelists include Barbara Lattanzi, Anne McGuire and Aram Sinnreich.

LIVE PERFORMANCE: PERRY HOBERMAN: LAURIE ANDERSON REMIXED
5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Annenberg Center Complex
Noted media artist Perry Hoberman will perform a live, algorithmic remix of Laurie Anderson's October 21st presentation at USC.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: JOI ITO
EMPOWERING REMIX CULTURE THROUGH COPYRIGHT AND TECHNOLOGY
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m., Annenberg Center for Communication
Joi Ito, the Chair of Creative Commons International and founder and CEO of Neoteny, a venture capital firm focused on personal communications and enabling technologies, discusses the intersection of technology and copyright, focusing on specific ideas regarding "what we are doing, what we can do, and where we expect to go from here."

RECEPTION AND VIDEO SCREENING: BLUR + SHARPEN
6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Annenberg Center Complex
A curated screening program and discussion of short films, music videos and motion graphics that spin off from the theme of remix. Featured works include Gregg Biermann's latest computational remixes of Hollywood classics, The Sound of Music and Singin' in the Rain.

LIVE PERFORMANCE: TV SHERIFF AND THE TRAILBUDDIES
7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Annenberg Center Complex
Remixing the Archive closes with the manic mayhem of the TV Sheriff, who will perform his own particular, slightly demented brand of live video remix, TV twiddling and media BBQ!

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