German bureaucratic hell as art: media artist samples 70,000 songs, fills out paper forms for each

German bureaucratic hell as art: media artist samples 70,000 songs, fills out paper forms for each
German media artist Johannes Kriedler has created a 33 second composition that fairly samples an astonishing 70,200 separate songs… each and every one of which must be registered with GEMA (the German RIAA) with formal paper documentation. The tune itself is not very catchy, but that’s not the point: the art here is exposing the absurd paper hell of German bureaucracy. Johannes Kreidler – product placements – English version [YouTube via MAKE]…

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