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Go rent F For Fake by Orson

Peter Schwartz — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 02:00:44 +0000

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Go rent F For Fake by Orson Welles some time.

The story certainly reminded

artappraiser — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:08:55 +0000

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The story certainly reminded me of more than a few renowned conceptual art and performance art pieces, running from Duchamp's ready-mades to some of Banksy's recent antics. Which, among other things, were always intended to raise the question "what constitutes an original work of art, the idea or the making process? I.E., Warhol or Koons does not actually make their own art, they have studio assistants to do that. Here, how much of this act, enjoyed by so many fans, was because of the whole Samuragochi persona, and how much was because of the actual music by Niigaki? (One could raise the topic of the duo Milli Vanilli here, but I'd rather not go there. )

This whole ball of wax is why the legal field of "intellectual property" is not just about money, though that is the major part of it. What judges rule on the issue also affects the philosophy of art itself.

Ghost writers in the sky-with

A Guy Called LULU — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 20:12:28 +0000

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Ghost writers in the sky-with diamonds.

The reason for this sudden repentance became clear on Thursday when the ghostwriter revealed himself to be Takashi Niigaki, 43, a hitherto largely unknown part-time lecturer at a prestigious music college in Tokyo.

This reminds me of a time when I had read a couple of Harlan Ellison short stories which I thought were very good. I went on to read several collections of his stories. Many/most were very poor, IMO. I realized that I could probably write a story that would be published somewhere if submitted by Ellison [big time exaggeration to make a point] but also that some of his better stories would be rejected if submitted by me.
Will the songs which were enjoyed by so many be forever tainted or will Mr. Niigaki's talent now be recognized amid the anger at Mamoru Samuragochi? Might his songs be judged like counterfeit works of art which pretended to be by someone famous and that took all the talent of the counterfeited artist plus the technical skill to fake the age and yet went from highly valuable to worthless the instant their true origin was discovered?