GUNS
NEGATIVLAND 10 March 2020
Listenin’
GUNS was originally released on the 1992 EP of the same title. In 2006 Negativland collaborated with Peter Neville to create this music video. Mark Hosler, Negativland member, had the following to say about the music video
I actually like it better now as a film then I did just as a piece of audio. I really think it adds a whole subtext to the audio collage.
Mark talks about GUNS as part a 90 minute presentation on Negativland’s work, history, copyright activism, and fair use, at the 47th Ann Arbor Film Festival. The talk is titled “Adventures in Illegal Art”:
GUNS speaks for itself, and is sadly still relevant.