Wednesday 29 February 2012

Applying Summer Camp to Kramer's theories.

  1. Summer Camp is not simply a rejection of modernism or its continuation but has aspects of both a break and extension. The extension is where they use the distincive sound of the 80's e.g. synths and drum machines in their music. They take this but mix it with modern technology.
  2. Summer Camp is ironic because it is using what was cool for the 80's teenager and using in the present where it is not mainstream cool because it is not current and seen as too "old school" However, in terms of people who attempt to be different by not liking what is currently popular, it is cool because it does not appeal to the masses.
  3. It doesn't respect boundaries of procedures of past and present because it is a current active band now but has strong emphasis on 80's culture in music video, website and music.
  4. Summer Camp challenges barriers between "high" and "low" cultures by taking cheesy "bad" 80's music which is seen as low culture by mixing it with other styles and genres it makes it a higher style.
  5. Summer Camp's music doesn't follow structural unity because it doesn't have clear  Disdain for the unquestioned value of structural unity - 
  6. I don't think Summer Camp questions elitist and populist values because all though they are "cool" for some who expressly refuses to listen or like mainstream popular music, they aren't very popular enough to be popular while still having elitist elements.
  7. I don't think Summer Camp particularly avoids totalizing forms because their songs have a similar sound. 
  8. In some ways Summer Camp considers music relevant to cultural and social contexts because of the strong 80's influence. 
  9. They have a strong influence from 80's American culture and with in their work they use intertextual references, for example the gifs of the Halloween party features a man wearing a Phantom of the Opera mask.
  10. Summer Camp use technology in a way for the audience to interact more on their website through the way the samples of the songs have to be pressed and the audience have to find this out for themselves and can sample their music in a more interesting way, with a different clip for each song. So the music is produced by the audience as they are able to mix and play what they want its not just transmitted.
  11. They embraces contradictions, for their video "Round The Moon" they have used uncopyrighted footage from the 1970 Swedish film "En Karlekshistoria" this contradicts their style because they use an old footage with something brand new.
  12. I don't think Summer Camp shows examples of distrusting binary opposites, in fact I think they use binary opposites by portraying a very stereotypical girly girl and boyish boy.
  13. The way their music is sampled on the website could be seen as fragmentation and discontinuation because it's just a small section in a loop. Also by using footage of " En Karlekshistoria" they are creating a homage but it doesn't create completed, finished feel to the video.
  14. Summer Camp includes pluralism and eclecticism through their different sources of 80's culture. 
  15. Presents multiple meanings and multiple temporalities -
  16. Locates meaning and structure in listeners - 

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