GaGa Feminism

Relocations Playlist

Video playlist to Karen Tongson’s Relocations: Queer Suburban Imaginaries

YouTube Reader Examples

Peters & Seier “Home Dance” examples:

Missing from the archive/database:

JemessanEm Abba-dancing queen

Lily Kerrigan Every 1′s a winner

“teen remediation of Kiss” undocumented (because of its queerness?)

Wahlberg, YouTube Commemoration examples:

Miller examples:

Scream & Shout, Will.i.am and Britney Spears

In lieu of the conversation we had last class, and in reading the Youtube Reader essays, I keep finding myself drawn to this music video (which probably many of you are familiar with).

I wonder how we might consider this video alongside the concept of mimesis? Also, what does it say about the (re)production of bodies, film, music? Will.i.am wears a chain of a camera around his neck, both Britney and Will.i.am are reproduced and mirrored throughout the video while walking along what can be read as a kind of assembly line, and the merging of old and new technologies seem to be part of the message of this video. (Check 1:07, 3:33, 3:35-3:37, etc.) Thought it might be interesting for us to think about this video in discussion tomorrow alongside last weeks conversation about the history of the MP3!

Happy reading/listening/watching,
Meghan

YouTube of Suzanne Vega, Tom’s Diner

The default video stream is encoded in H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format, with stereo AAC audio.