pointy @pointy@avantwhatever.org

Happy New Year! January 1st is Public Domain day in the United States. All film, books, poetry, photos, and scores originally published in 1926 are now in the Public Domain in the US. Additionally, and significantly, this year marks the first time that any Audio Recordings have entered the public domain. You, and all Americans, now own more than 400,000 of these historic recordings. What does it all mean? And which works are in the public domain now?

http://ajroach42.com/public-domain-day-2022/

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RMIT Digital Media is co-presenting this show with MESS and Melbourne Music Week in early February next year at the Capitol Theatre. It'll feature audiovisual works for the Capitol's bespoke roof lighting system by our students, like I've shared here before. Highly recommended - there's some super strong works and it's a beautiful space: https://mmw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/event/mess-through-the-roof/

I also highly recommend checking out the rest of the works at https://www.darebinarts.com.au/exhibiting-culture-online/ i'm feeling lucky to be amongst such an array of amazing artists

The project I've been working on with Anuraag Bhatia for the last little bit is now live over at https://www.room2.fm/ as part of Darebin Arts 'Exhibiting Culture Online'. It's a series of reflective prompts set to a different soundtrack and and visual each day which will culminate in an online performance on the 5/3. For us it was about creating a space that allowed for both personal contemplation and a shared vulnerability

Hey all. Happy new year! I take over as Program Manager of the Digital Media degree at RMIT University in Melbourne tomorrow, and we've got a new position advertised. It's 3 years fixed term for a teacher/researcher/human with a PhD and expertise in digital, interactive and immersive design, who has recently worked as a casual in an Australian uni. Sound like you or someone you know? Check out the details at https://yourcareer.rmit.edu.au/caw/en/job/592393/lecturer-digital-media-early-career-development-fellow and think about applying. Questions and boosts most welcome.

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Australia Council for the Arts has just published an updated document on Protocols for Using First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Arts https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/programs-and-resources/Protocols-for-using-First-Nations-Cultural-and-Intellectual-Property-in-the-Arts/?mc_cid=1384a8c89d&mc_eid=ab96446b74