The Vidding History Project
| Interviews by Fans | |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Vidding History Project |
| Interviewer: | various: includes Francesca Coppa |
| Interviewee: | various |
| Date(s): | 2008-present |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom(s): | |
| External Links: | The Vidding History Project – Organization for Transformative Works, Archived version |
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The Vidding History Project is sponsored by the Organization for Transformative Works.
Some components are presentations, written interviews, oral interviews, and more. See: The Vidding History Project – Organization for Transformative Works, Archived version for more.
Series
- Vidding Oral History Project Interview with The Clucking Belles
- Vidding Oral History Project Interview with Kandy Fong
About
Vids are fan-made music videos that involve the re-cutting and remixing of footage from television shows or films. The history of vidding far predates YouTube (2003) and contemporary “remix” culture; rather, vidding dates from the 1970s, and is one of the many arts to have emerged from Star Trek and subsequent media fandoms. Moreover, vidding is particularly notable as a form of filmmaking primarily practiced by women, perhaps because women dominate media fandom generally, or perhaps because telling stories with extant footage has been one way to surmount the bar which hinders women’s entry into the expensive and male-dominated film world.
The Vidding History project of the OTW is committed to documenting and celebrating the 35 year history of fan vidding. We believe that noncommercial works, like vids, that make creative use of existing copyrighted material are transformative, and that transformative works are legitimate under US copyright law. [1]
Vidding History: This project is set up to document the experiences of many of the foremothers of vidding: that is, the community of pre-digital, live-action media vidders who were creating between 1975 – 1995. Current interviewees include: Kandy Fong, Sandy and Rache of the Media Cannibals, and Morgan Dawn. We would like to have as many vidders as possible involved in this project; if you were vidding before computers or before 1995 and are interested in being interviewed, please contact the Vidding committee. [2]