Journal 6

Assemblage 1:

Assemblage 2: 

My first assemblage uses bare repetition. The subject of the assemblage is a white cube. The cube is portrayed, as Arola and Arola say in, “the precise same way.” No changes are made to the cube, but in order to create the assemblage, it is arranged in different positions on the vertical plane. While the assemblage that employs bare repetition is able to convey some patterns and designs, such as is seen in my first example, it is not as versatile in its creative ability as is my second example that uses a multitude of different objects in the assemblage. Arola and Arola say, “A bare repetition would presume an identity such as Ojibwe could only be upheld through a precise reenactment of past cultural activities, whereas a creative repetition would attend to the specificities of the current milieu so as to create new ways of thinking and experiencing.” The same idea can be seen in the fact that the assemblage with the repeated white cubes does not come together to create a larger image or meaning. The ethical, creative assemblage used to create the new picture of Obama uses everyday objects to create a new and very different piece of art from the every-day objects that it began as, offering much more to the audience, both in information and originality. Potentially hurtful assemblages should be responded to through significant modification of the elements of the assemblage in order to make it an original creative work rather than a repetition of someone else’s work. Fair Use does not support bare repetition because the piece must have been repurposed for an educational use. In addition, works are protected from bare repetition under fair use due to plagiarism and academic integrity policies.

Circulation can definitely affect an assemblage’s ethical status. For example, on the Creative Commons site that we visited in class, some people allowed their work to be used, but only if it wasn’t used commercially. If a work that is not authorized for such use is circulated commercially, than it is an ethical violation. It is the author’s responsibility to make this delegation, the creator’s responsibility to respect said delegation, and a reader’s responsibility to report any obvious ethical violation.