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Vancouver International Film Festival 1999: Craig Baldwin
Joe Boyce Burgess offers a brief review of the '1st answer print' of Craig Baldwin's film essay 'Specters of the Spectrum' (1999). "Baldwin manages to recontextualize nuclear weapons, radio, and television into a vast conspiracy that could take up several hours of Art Bell's time . . .He seemed to me a cross between David Cronenberg and Crispin Glover."
Sonic Outlaws: Perspectives And Intentions
A brief review and analysis of Craig Baldwin's 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995) film that explores the wide-ranging legal implications of audio agitprop.
The Tentacle Sessions: Craig Baldwin
A Craig Baldwin profile written for 'The Tentacle Sessions' appearance on November 21st, 1999: "Reflexively re-mixing, re-hybridizing, and footnoting his own works, peppered with spoken-word anecdotes, Craig Baldwin brings together a rhyming and resonant melange set in, and to, the not-so-subliminal throbs of DJ Pod, mixing it all up in a sketchy jazzbo stylee."
Fusion Anomaly: Craig Baldwin
A Craig Baldwin fan-page with dedicated credit pages for the films 'Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America' (1991) and 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995).
An Evening With Avant Garde Filmmaker Craig Baldwin
Details of a 'Visual Studies Workshop' hosted evening with Craig Baldwin and a screening of his film 'Specters of the Spectrum' (1999).
Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America
German-language article on 'Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America' (1991), Craig Baldwin's most famous film. Includes credit listing and in-depth analysis of America's fin-de-siecle culture.
Tribulation's A Real Trial
This 'Calgary Sun' film review (August 13th, 1999) of Craig Baldwin's epic film 'Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America' (1991) conveys that the reviewer suffered information overload: "Mostly though, the information just blasts pasts you until your eyes glaze over, you start to tune out and the last 20 minutes seem like the same episode of Mystery Science Theatre looping over while a boring professor reads random names and events from a history text book."
Insider's Guide: Direct This!
This 'San Francisco Bay Guardian' article (February 19th, 1997) extensively quotes Craig Baldwin on the grueling nature of low-budget film-making, offering advice and San Francisco-based resources. Stop reading this and organize to make your own productions!
Science In Action: Q&A With Craig Baldwin
This 'New York Press' article (7th October, 1999) by Ed Halter discusses Baldwin's film 'Specters Of The Spectrum' (1999), and the problems that underground film-makers face. Baldwin's answer to his 'next project' is very revealing.
Village Voice: Films: Mission Impossible
In this 'Village Voice' film review (March 15th, 2000), J. Hoberman analyzes Craig Baldwin's 'Specters Of The Spectrum' (1999), Roman Polanski's 'The Ninth Gate' (1999), and Brian De Palma's 'Mission To Mars' (2000), with Baldwin emerging as the winner of the bout. Hoberman labels the film a 'mutant blockbuster' and states: "this ultimately numbing demonstration of information psychosis is humanized by the filmmaker's own obsessions . . .[it] is a crank call that borders on genius."
Craig Baldwin: Copyright Infringement Is Your Best Entertainment Value
A good Craig Baldwin biographical data-file with details of his film projects from 1978 to 1995.
At Play In The Media Scrap Heap
An outstanding essay exploring Craig Baldwin's film 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995), and the history of 'Culture Jamming': 'the Situationist Internationale'; the 'Negativland/U2' legal test-case; the 'Barbie Liberation Organization', and more. Very useful background material.
No Copyright? A Talk With 'Sonic Outlaws' Director Craig Baldwin
An invaluable interview with Craig Baldwin about his anti-copyright campaigns, film-making philosophy, and the films 'Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America' (1991) and 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995).
Culture Jamming: Hacking, Slashing And Sniping In The Empire Of Signs
Written for the 'Open Pamphlet Magazine Series' in 1993, Mark Dery's seminal essay explores culture jamming and agitprop within the Empire of Signs by a cyberculture critic who did much to popularise the term. Dery describes culture jamming as: media hacking, information warfare, terror-art, and guerrilla semiotics, all in one. Billboard bandits, pirate TV and radio broadcasters, media hoaxers, and other vernacular media wrenchers who intrude on the intruders, investing ads, newscasts, and other media artefacts with subversive meanings are all culture jammers.
NegativWorldWideWebland
Visit the home of seminal Audio Agitprop provocateurs Negativland, whose fracas with U2 over sampling was a prominent part of Craig Baldwin's film 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995). A must-view web-site!
Disinformation Dossier On Memetic Engineering
Check out the Disinformation dossier on Memetic Engineering.
Stocking Up On Footage
This 'DV' magazine article (November, 1997) offers advice and resources on editing all-digital productions and utilizing stock footage creatively. Take the first step to following in Craig Baldwin's footsteps!
The Medium Is The Message
In this in-depth 'culture jamming' article for 'San Francisco Weekly' (April 14th, 1999) writer Sam Williams captures the thoughts of Craig Baldwin about Capitalism run amok and the status of Agitprop in the late 1990s. Definately controversial!
Sonic Outlaws Part 1: Introduction
Courtesy of 'Free Speech Internet Television', Craig Baldwin's incredible film 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995) is now available online! "U2, Casey Kasem, and a group of normal guys named Negativland: what's up with that?" The first of an epic thirteen-part series. RealVideo. 4 minutes.
Sonic Outlaws Part 2: The Letter U And The Numeral 2
Courtesy of 'Free Speech Internet Television', Craig Baldwin's incredible film 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995) is now available online! "More about the U2 case." The second of an epic thirteen-part series. RealVideo. 5 minutes.
Sonic Outlaws Part 3: Religion Is Stupid
Courtesy of 'Free Speech Internet Television', Craig Baldwin's incredible film 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995) is now available online! "A hoax perpetuated by Negativland against reporters who refuse to check their own sources." The third of an epic thirteen-part series. RealVideo. 5 minutes.
Sonic Outlaws Part 4: Radio Radio
Courtesy of 'Free Speech Internet Television', Craig Baldwin's incredible film 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995) is now available online! "Over the Edge with Negativland." The fourth of an epic thirteen-part series. RealVideo. 7 minutes.
Sonic Outlaws Part 5: Police Scanner As Artistic Tool
Courtesy of 'Free Speech Internet Television', Craig Baldwin's incredible film 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995) is now available online! "It's out there. It's free. It's illegal. Why not use it?" The fifth of an epic thirteen-part series. RealVideo. 7 minutes.
Sonic Outlaws Part 6: R.U. Sirius & Negativland Ambush 'The Edge'
Courtesy of 'Free Speech Internet Television', Craig Baldwin's incredible film 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995) is now available online! "Members of Negativland ambush rock superstar 'The Edge' (from the band U2) during a call-in show hosted by R.U. Sirius." The sixth of an epic thirteen-part series. RealVideo. 6 minutes.
Sonic Outlaws Part 7: Billboard Improvement
Courtesy of 'Free Speech Internet Television', Craig Baldwin's incredible film 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995) is now available online! "Taking commercial messages seriously enough to deface them." The seventh of an epic thirteen-part series. RealVideo. 2 minutes.
Sonic Outlaws Part 8: Hacking, Jamming, And Slashing
Courtesy of 'Free Speech Internet Television', Craig Baldwin's incredible film 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995) is now available online! "Commentary on 'Jam Art' by Crosley Bendix." The eighth of an epic thirteen-part series. RealVideo. 4 minutes.
Sonic Outlaws Part 9: Copyrights & Wrongs
Courtesy of 'Free Speech Internet Television', Craig Baldwin's incredible film 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995) is now available online! "Copyright violation: your best entertainment value." The ninth of an epic thirteen-part series. RealVideo. 9 minutes.
Sonic Outlaws Part 10: Micropower Radio
Courtesy of 'Free Speech Internet Television', Craig Baldwin's incredible film 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995) is now available online! "The concept of spectrum scarcity is absurd in this day and age." The tenth of an epic thirteen-part series. RealVideo. 1 minute.
Sonic Outlaws Part 11: Plunderphonic
Courtesy of 'Free Speech Internet Television', Craig Baldwin's incredible film 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995) is now available online! "John Osborne and other plundermusicians." The eleventh of an epic thirteen-part series. RealVideo. 3 minutes.
Sonic Outlaws Part 12: Sonic Outlaws
Courtesy of 'Free Speech Internet Television', Craig Baldwin's incredible film 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995) is now available online! "Fair Use and copyright law: what's it matter to you?" The twelth of an epic thirteen-part series. RealVideo. 4 minutes.
Sonic Outlaws Part 13: Finale
Courtesy of 'Free Speech Internet Television', Craig Baldwin's incredible film 'Sonic Outlaws' (1995) is now available online! "Continuation of the documentary by Craig Baldwin." The thirteenth of an epic thirteen-part series. RealVideo. 1 minute.
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