Negativland and Martha Rosler

Although both articles are about appropriation within artworks, they each seem to have a different mood. Negativland is more about the restrictions of modern day appropriation in the context of musical remixes, video appropriation, and other media outlets. They have a radical look at appropriation almost seeming outraged at the current laws that govern the use of media in artworks. The article goes through when appropriation first started being used and how it is used now. Negativland is appalled by all the obstacles one must jump over to get even a small "sample" to mess around and create with. They propose an idea on how to change the "Fair Use" laws so that artists can have more freedom to create.

The Martha Rosler article had a little more experience behind it. She started doing war collages in the late 60's and became highly regarded in the art community and also disliked by many others. The article goes deep into the process and reason behind her work. She uses a very simple medium of "cut-and-paste" art that has a certain innocence along with it. She's not using a song someone made or a scene from a film, she's simply cutting pictures from old magazines and pasting them on new backgrounds to create new meaning. Her worked sparked controversy but seemed to open people's eyes to the Vietnam War, what was actually happening, and how the mass population consumed this information. She eventually creates more collections of collage work for wars after the 60's and 70's, most recently, the Iraq War. Rosler has been in the appropriation game for a long time and seems to be a positive influence on the medium as a whole.