Remixed Reading - art from the local community

Remix Reading [1] is hosting a unique art exhibition in the Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock for the weekend of 28th-30th April, open from 10am-4pm [2]. The exhibited artists won our competition that asked artists to remix either the town of Reading or existing works on the Remix Reading web site. Winning entries came from a wide range of individuals, from professional artists to children in a local refugee support group.

All of the works are released under Creative Commons licenses, which allow you to customise your copyright so others can use, share and remix you work. Remix Reading stands in the company of the Beastie Boys, Brazilian culture minister Gilberto Gil and many other supporters of Creative Commons in hosting this exhibition [3]. Visitors are encouraged to create their own remixes of exhibited works and share them on our web site. It was the use of these licenses for the original works that allowed many of the exhibited artists to create their winning entries.

Ali Clark, curator, said: "The exhibition will be a celebration of the diverse culture of Reading, and of the creative freedom promoted by Remix Reading. I hope many people will be inspired to create and share their own remixes with the community."

Notes to editors

For more information on Remix Reading visit the web site at http://www.remixreading.org or contact one of the following press contacts:

Tom Chance
Project Coordinator
E-mail: rreading_AT_ibiblio_DOT_org
Address: 1 Sherman Road, Reading, RG1 2PJ
Phone: (+44) (0)7866 447075

[1] Remix Reading is an artistic project based in Reading, UK. It's aim is to get artists (working with music, video, images and text) to come together and share their work, be inspired by each others' work, and ultimately to create "remixes". We run events locally to encourage people to share their work under a Creative Commons license, which allows you to customise your copyright so others can use, copy, and share your work as you choose. Remix Reading is part of a national network of similar projects called Remix Commons.

[2] Details of the exhibition will remain here: http://www.remixreading.org/events

[3] Learn more about Creative Commons here: http://creativecommons.org/