Monthly Archives: March 2009

For those waiting with baited breath on the outcome of the Pooling Ideas competition – the judges’ reports are in, and the winner is (drum roll):

The Argyle Stairs 1930 to 2008 by Rossco

Which, coincidentally, is also the entry featured in our last post about the competition.

It was a very close call – each of the judges had a different favourite, and in the end it came down to scoring. Which means that, in the interest of fairness, we’ve decided to award not just two but four runners up (in no particular order):

* tHE sATORI sOUNDMACHINE ‘We Art What We Share’ by funknbeats
* A Message from Tourism Australia by notoriousruz
* WHO AM I by pipshea; and
* cooling by Finland.

Rossco gets an internship with Radio National’s The Night Air and, of course, this fabulous trophy created by John Jacobs. Plus he shares with our runners up the Creative Commons prize pack, including t-shirt, CD, our CC case studies book and a USB chock full of remixable material.
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The Argyle Stairs 1930 to 2008 by Rossco

Just a reminder for those in Brisbane this weekend to come down and check out the We Are What We Share remix forum from 5-6:30pm at the State Library (South Bank) as part of this year’s Ideas Festival.

It’s the culmination of the Pooling Ideas competition we’ve been running with ABC Pool over the last few weeks. The image from Rossco above is just an example of the excellent standard of the entries. You can check them all out here.

We’ll be showcasing selected entries and using them as the jumping off point for discussion of remix culture and its place in today’s creative society. In a cut and paste culture, are we really what we share?

We’ve put together an excellent group of experts as judges:

* remix artist and The Night Air producer John Jacobs;
* social media researcher and Youtube expert, Dr Jean Burgess;
* designer, artist and remixer Merri Randell; and
* Creative Commons Australia’s very own Elliott Bledsoe.

Plus, of course, we’ll be announcing the winners (as judged by our of experts) and presenting the excellent trophy produced by John Jacobs.

And it’s all free! So come down, see something new, and learn a little bit. After all, what else is there to do at 5pm on a Saturday?
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As of midnight last night, the Pooling Ideas: We Are What We Share competition has officially concluded. It has ceased to be. It is no more. It is an ex-competition.

And what a massive success it was in the end. We got over 120 entries – from essays to poems to videos to images. Original works, remixes of original works, remixes of remixes – all with the theme of sharing.

Over the next few days we’ll be posting selected entries, in the lead up to the announcement of the winners at the We Are What We Share seminar at the Ideas Festival on Saturday.

So if you’re in the vicinity of the State Library of Queensland about 5pm Saturday, pop in, check out the prize winning entries and hear the analysis, discussion and general reflection from our panel of experts:
* remix artist and ‘The Night Air’ producer John Jacobs;
* social media researcher and Youtube expert, Dr Jean Burgess;
* designer, artist and remixer Merri Randell; and
* Creative Commons Australia’s very own Elliott Bledsoe.

Hope to see you all there.
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