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Experimental Derivative Art

By Posted by Alan Wexelblat

Xeni Jardin at Boingboing pointed at an experimental film by François Vautier that is a great example of the way digital technology is enabling new forms of (derivative) art.

For this project, Vautier took every frame of the film Blade Runner and laid them out on a vast plane. He then made his own short film by moving a virtual camera over this plane of images so you can see certain frames of the film, but mostly get abstract color and movement impressions. The film has a soundtrack taken from Blade Runner's score and dialog but I found that it had much more of the feel of 2001.

The work is labeled a tribute but of course it's also a derivative work and probably a massive copyright violation as it uses the images and sounds of the original. But trust me, nobody's going to mistake this for a rip-off of Blade Runner.

Full post as published by Copyfight - The Politics of IP on August 20, 2010 (boomark / email).