Notes
sampling versus ripping off
--- way before duschamp, "everyone" sampled (folksongs, painters, etc)
--- isn’t ripping off usually about technique rather than content?
--- whose responsibility is it to know prior art? (the artist?, curator? critic?)
--- how much time should an artist spend seeking prior art?
--- does google totally change things here?
virtuosity and voice
--- is being the first to explore a new tech a fast track to "virtuosity"
--- (doesn’t true virtuosity require years, and a tech that is very pliable?)
--- is art that demos nature lacking "the artist’s voice"?
context (why was Duschamp so successful?)
--- he was first
--- the time was right
--- he continued to have a long career
Leads
no one has done anything by Leonardo yet
Gyorgy Kepes (major figure in art+science from Bauhaus to Media Lab)
early examples of sampling-related work (e.g., the Moody Blues use of the Mellotron)