Collage as Cultural Practice conference, March 23-26, University of Iowa

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Abinadi Meza opens for the Tape-beatles wednesday night. Jesse the cat joins his performance briefly.
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The Tape-beatles performing at CSPS in Cedar Rapids, the night before the start of the conference.
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Lloyd Dunn and John Heck, the Tape-beatles, display their hard-earned payment for performing at CSPS wednesday night.
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Jay Semel, head of the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, kicks off the conference.
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Ruedi Kuenzli and Kembrew McLeod
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kembrew removes the duchamp replica trophy presented to him and ruedi by Jay Semel
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ruedi makes introductory remarks
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douglas kahn speaks thursday night
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members of ICRAPT, the International Collage Research and Production Team, make an intervention at the conference.
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ICRAPT pranksters
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a particularly inventive costume of an ICRAPT member.
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Craig Baldwin talks to Mark Hosler
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Ruedi appropriates a wig from the Internationl Collage Research And Production Team (ICRAPT).
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An ICRAPT member.
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a be-wigged Ruedi continues his introductory remarks.
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kembrew introduces the Illegal Art Rountable.
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Carrie McLaren talks about the Illegal Art show.
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Philo T. Farnsworth discusses his label, Illegal Art.
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Tom Forsythe discusses his court case against Mattel.
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Joshua Clover of UC Davis presents ideas on the imperatives of collage as theft.
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Kembrew attempts to strangle Craig Baldwin with a microphone cable, while Woody Allen looks on.
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Craig Baldwin presents the excellent new collage film, "Uso Justo."
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Tom Forsythe, Mark Hosler, Steev Hise, Carrie McClaren, Mr. Carrie McClaren, and Philo T. Farnsworth
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The Tape-beatles recover from a broken splice during their performance Friday Night.
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The Tape-beatles recover from a broken splice during their performance Friday Night.
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Most of the guests of the conference stayed here.
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The lobby of the Journalism Building, where most of the conference happened, was dominated by an Orwellian media wall. Not a collage, just normal daily intrusion into the minds of poor journalism students.
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Miekal And and son Zon perform in the Practicing Collage Artists panel.
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Lloyd Dunn presents his Photostatic Retrograde Archive.
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Patricia Zimmerman talks during the discussion period after the practicing artists panel. Mark Hosler looks on.
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Kembrew gives a paper on mashups.
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John Heck of the Tape-beatles discusses with Professor Zimmerman what to order at the Thai House.
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Professor Zimmerman demonstrates how to sample some good-luck thai fish.
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Professor Zimmerman calculates the rather large check after the completion of the large amounts of Thai food while Lorraine Morales Cox looks on.
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Charles Star gives some introductory comic remarks before Mark Hosler's presentation.
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Mark Hosler of Negativland gives the closing presentation of the conference.
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Mark Hosler of Negativland tries to sell a few more copies of their book, "Fair Use."