Raqs Media Collective is a group that created OPUS in 2001. OPUS or Open Platform for Unlimited Significance, is a communal website where visitors can both upload their own work and use other submitted pieces to amp up their own. These remixed pieces are known as rescensions. According to Raqs, rescensions are not copies or clones, that there is no stealing of ideas or pieces. Rescensions are like children of specific parents. This is an interesting site because it allows appropriation and collaboration for different art works. The article described that this was an almost utopian ideal for artists, that it seems too good to be true. It does seem to ideal, but it got me really excited. For some reason it didn't come up properly on my computer, probably because of the shared filed issue that St. Mary's is not a fan of.... Anyway, you can search by keywords and descriptions. Then the new work appears next to the old apparently. It sounds really cool. I think it's important to have a place to share ideas, because it is the best way for someone to grow as an artist. Hopefully when I go home/not connected to St. Mary's internet, that it will work!
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