Cels Forum

I've always been fascinated by the question of ownership of
scans. I think the reason we, as cel collectors, might be
sometimes upset by the "borrowing" of these images is that
we wish the image to stay unique -- that is, as something
tangible and that can be enjoyed only in person. On the 
other hand, we also wish to share with those who are perhaps
around the world. There is an inherent paradox, then.

Consider this passage from art critic John Berger's book,
_Ways of Seeing_: "What the modern means of reproduction
have done is to destroy the authority of art...For the first
time ever, images of art have become ephemeral, ubiquitous,
insubstantial, available, valueless, free" 

To demand that our images are unique and are "owned" by the
possessor of the cels means that we fight against what
reproduction of art (online images, posters, anything really
that is not the original) does to the power of the image. Of
course the notion of reproduction gets really messy because
we are dealing with a piece of art in a completely different
form than it was originally intended. I'll sort it out sometime
and REALLY bore you all with my thoughts. 

Bye!

Wendy