Burn, Run & Hide

Artistic duo Maynou & Steele wish to present their artistic research in a live presentation by speaking about and showing excerpts of various works they have produced utilizing tactics of appropriation, deconstruction, and remixing. Burn, Run & Hide refers specifically to the first production of Maynou & Steele and also represents their working philosophy. Burn, Run & Hide shows the eternal running of an ever-present figure created from different commercial... Read More

Remix Cinema: a design issue. Comparative analysis of two extreme experiences

Abstract Remix Cinema – also called Cinema 2.0, Open Cinema or Open Source Cinema – is a new approach to movie/video making and groups, since 2006, a variety of experiments [1] sharing some form of openness in the phases of the realisation cycle of a movie, characterised by the collaboration of distributed and self-selected groups of people interested in: (1) participation in the creation of the content (from the script to the post-production); and/or (2) being involved... Read More

Machinima: Remix Practices

Abstract Machinima (game videos) are based on the recording of game footage as a real-time video. This video is then edited and used to tell a story, which is not necessarily related to the background story the digital game is based upon. The term  machinima (machine+cinema) has been introduced by Hugh Hancock und Paul Marino in 2004. They emphasize the importance of this new form as an example of media convergence. The media convergence is also central in Katie Salen’s... Read More