Under the name “People Like Us,” artist Vicki Bennett has been making work available via CD, DVD and vinyl releases, radio broadcasts, concert appearances, gallery exhibits and online streaming and distribution since 1992. Bennett has developed an immediately recognisable aesthetic repurposing pre-existing footage to craft audio and video collages with an equally dark and witty take on popular culture. She sees sampling and collage as folk art sourced from the palette of contemporary media and technology, with all of the sharing and cross-referencing incumbent to a populist form. Embedded in her work is the premise that all is interconnected and that claiming ownership of an “original” or isolated concept is both preposterous and redundant. Most of the People Like Us back catalogue has been available for free online since 2002. For many artists, profit and publicity is more likely through free distribution (the gift economy) than independent publishers and distributors, which often struggle with limited resources. Online self-distribution allows an artist to keep their work available, resolving a tension between label production costs and the desire of an artist for work to be available. UbuWeb generously hosts the discography and filmography of People Like Us.
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SALE PRICE! DON’T THINK RIGHT, IT’S ALL TWICE CD
“Don’t Think Right, It’s All Twice” by People Like Us
Release date: 31 October 2013 (preorder 7 October)
Cutting Hedge SNIP001 (available initially mailorder only from us)
About:
It’s always felt important that my work be a total experience, not singularly appealing to either the eye or ear, for it to be as integrated an experience as possible. The music on this album was composed between 2006 and 2013 initially for five different live performances of moving image and sound. Since publishing formats have developed in recent years we’ve found the internet serves us really well as a distribution tool in the gift economy. One can find the accompanying visual elements of some of this music at ubu.com/film/plu.html. However, as well as the eye and ear is the sense of touch, and there is nothing like holding the object as well! — Vicki Bennett
Performances sources:
Lyrics in Libraries (2006) | Genre Collage (2009) | People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz Live at Cafe Oto (2009) | The Magical Misery Tour (2011) | Consequences (One Thing Leads To Another) (2013)
We are dedicated to providing as much as possible for free or as cheaply as possible and strong encourage others to invest in the gift economy. We realise this is a couple more dollars than we’re usually charging but we are financing this ourselves and need to recoup costs. It is unlikely we will profit from this but we do need to make ends meet! We hope you understand, and continue to appreciate how much we continue to also give much for free 🙂
PRESS IMAGES
Video trailers from three of the live performances:
PRINTS FOR SALE – Welcome Abroad & Don’t Think Right, It’s All Twice
We have two more prints available for sale for a reasonable price and even more reasonable combined price (see below), both the cover art to two recent People Like Us album covers. All prints are on Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper and signed on the reverse.
WELCOME ABROAD (21 x 18.5cm)
Welcome Abroad
All prices are in US Dollars and INCLUDE postage and packing.
Please note, we are offering a large discount if you buy BOTH at once.
Paypal links below.
Welcome Abroad PRINT – UK – price including P&P: $30
Welcome Abroad PRINT – EUROPE – price including P&P: $33
Welcome Abroad PRINT – ELSEWHERE – price including P&P: $35
DON’T THINK RIGHT, IT’S ALL TWICE (30.5 x 24cm)
Don’t Think Right, It’s All Twice
Don’t Think Right, It’s All Twice PRINT – UK – price including P&P: $30
Don’t Think Right, It’s All Twice PRINT – EUROPE – price including P&P: $33
Don’t Think Right, It’s All Twice PRINT – ELSEWHERE – price including P&P: $35
Buy both prints at a discount
BOTH PRINTS – UK – price including P&P: $45
BOTH PRINTS – EUROPE – price including P&P: $47
BOTH PRINTS – ELSEWHERE – price including P&P: $50