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Those of you who have been following this blog will certainly remember the two articles which have been posted <a href="http://akahele.org/2009/03/in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/">here</a> and <a href="http://akahele.org/2009/04/the-trade-of-free-culture/">here</a> about Scott Kildall and Nathaniel Stern's <a href="http://www.wikipediaart.org ">Wikipedia Art project</a>. Kildall and Stern have opened up their project to all artists in a series of <a href="http://wikipediaart.org/remixes/">Wikipedia Art Remixes</a>, which will be presented as part of <a href="http://padiglioneinternet.com/">Padiglione Internet</a> (the Internet Pavilion) for the Venice Biennale as the <em>Wikipedia Art Embassy</em>.

Those of you who have been following this blog will certainly remember the two articles which have been posted [http://akahele.org/2009/03/in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/ here] and [http://akahele.org/2009/04/the-trade-of-free-culture/ here] about Scott Kildall and Nathaniel Stern's [http://www.wikipediaart.org Wikipedia Art project]. Kildall and Stern have opened up their project to all artists in a series of [http://wikipediaart.org/remixes/ Wikipedia Art Remixes], which will be presented as part of [http://padiglioneinternet.com/ Padiglione Internet] (the Internet Pavilion) for the Venice Biennale as the ''Wikipedia Art Embassy''.

<em>Akahele</em> is proud to be part of this exciting initiative with two works inspired by the Wikipedia Art project.

''Akahele'' is proud to be part of this exciting initiative with two works inspired by the Wikipedia Art project.

Paul Wehage's <em>Cypher Variations : Wikipedia Art Remixed</em> for chamber orchestra is a short two-minute conceptional work.  The piece is based around two cells, one of which spells "Wikipedia", presented in the winds/brass/harp/celesta/percussion which has a block-like, rather mandarin quality.  The other cell spells out "Art"  in the strings, and has a more active character.  The two motives almost fit together, but the juxtaposition of B natural/B flat creates an inherent tension which causes them to repel, in the same way that Wikipedia Art was repelled from Wikipedia.  The tympani part beginning around 1:00 is the musical illustration of a prominent Wikipedia editor who stated that <a href="http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2008/12/10/what-a-pip/">he danced on the skulls of his opponents</a>.

Paul Wehage's ''Cypher Variations : Wikipedia Art Remixed'' for chamber orchestra is a short two-minute conceptional work.  The piece is based around two cells, one of which spells "Wikipedia", presented in the winds/brass/harp/celesta/percussion which has a block-like, rather mandarin quality.  The other cell spells out "Art"  in the strings, and has a more active character.  The two motives almost fit together, but the juxtaposition of B natural/B flat creates an inherent tension which causes them to repel, in the same way that Wikipedia Art was repelled from Wikipedia.  The tympani part beginning around 1:00 is the musical illustration of a prominent Wikipedia editor who stated that [http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2008/12/10/what-a-pip/ he danced on the skulls of his opponents].

The work may be heard <a href="http://independentartistscompany.com/songs.aspx?SongID=74586&amp;ArtistID=12612">here</a>.

The work may be heard [http://independentartistscompany.com/songs.aspx?SongID=74586&amp;ArtistID=12612 here].

Wehage's orchestral prelude was then used by Gregory Kohs as the basis of his "Wikipedia Art : a Musical Manifesto".

Wehage's orchestral prelude was then used by Gregory Kohs as the basis of his "Wikipedia Art : a Musical Manifesto".

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<em>Akahele</em> encourages other artists to participate in this initiative by creating their own <em>Wikipedia Art </em>remixes, uploading the remixed <em>Wikipedia Art</em> work somewhere on the Internet (YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, Facebook, your own site), and then sending  a link to: <strong>remix</strong> [at] <strong>wikipediaart</strong> [dot] <strong>org</strong>.

''Akahele'' encourages other artists to participate in this initiative by creating their own ''Wikipedia Art ''remixes, uploading the remixed ''Wikipedia Art'' work somewhere on the Internet (YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, Facebook, your own site), and then sending  a link to: '''remix''' [at] '''wikipediaart''' [dot] '''org'''.

The Wikipedia Art logo is reproduced here under a Creative Commons license with the permission of Scott Kildall and Nathaniel Stern.

The Wikipedia Art logo is reproduced here under a Creative Commons license with the permission of Scott Kildall and Nathaniel Stern.