Not sure yet. I'm still playing around with some ideas. For my capstone project for creative writing, my project name was The Mixed Tape, based off of a Jack's Mannequin song. The reason for this being that all of the poems that I wrote for my project were based off or inspired by a song and a form of poetry. I think by calling my this project "The Mixed Tape" is also a good idea, because most poetry is inspired by something and since my project is based around poetry and the accessibility of poetry on web, I find this title to be appropriate.
2. What is the guiding question at the center of your project?
I don't know if there is a question at the center of my project. I think that my project is answering a question and the answer is yes. Yes, poetry is accessible on the web. Yes, people are publishing and rewriting and remixing their poetry and other's poetry on the web everyday in huge numbers. They are creating websites that help others not only get their name out there but also help others publish their own. They are providing websites that help with form and different styles of poetry-- with definitions and examples. They are making websites where poets can come together and learn about other poets in the area, buy their fellow poets books.
3. What would Lessig say about your project? How would he describe it, in his terms?
I think he might take my trailer and relate it back to remixing, because I took Pablo Neruda's poem; "Love" and I sat in the lobby of my dorm and I had a variety of different people from different backgrounds read through the poem. Then took each clip and cropped it down so I had each person reading a single line of the poem and pasted it all together to make a complete version of the poem told in different voices, line by line. This is the same as what other people are doing out there with music, such as Girl Talk. I'm taking someone else's art and making it my own through the voices of other people. I think this would tie into Lessig's Read Write and Read Only culture.
I think your question could be something alone the lines of, is remixing truly creative? If there is a strong poetry community that is producing work, how are they interacting with each other? Are they merely being inspired by each other's work or are they actually using previous work and changing the format to create something with a different meaning? I think you have a solid project in mind and I look forward to seeing your outcome.
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