Post Wook Shares Her Surreal Wisdom
Post Wook is a digital collage artist and contemporary surrealist artist from California. She boasts over 240,000 instagram followers. People love her surreal landscape collages. She has worked with some big clients such as Toyota and Club Med.
In this episode, Post Wook gives some great insight into collage and its sticky relationship with intellectual property, copyright, and derivative work.
Collage Art and Copyright Law
(this is not legal advice, I am just an ape at a computer)
Copyright is a tough subject in collage. Just like any law case, each work of art needs to be considered and addressed on its own terms and in its own context. Postwook takes copyright very seriously. She mentions that she only uses completely royalty-free images in her work. She also contacts individual photographers about the use of their work. She mentions that many of her clients ask her about the copyright status of her work. As a collage artist, this is certainly something you must consider when preparing work for a paying client.
How to Get More Followers on Social Media
Post Wook and I also discuss the arms race between Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. It has been a challenging year for some creators because these platforms are pushing short video content to their users. Natasha mentions that not all art processes are fun to watch (like a digital collage) and it can be a challenge to find new ways to create content that satisfies the algorithm overlords.
Collage and the Live Music Scene
We are both live music fans, so I was very happy to chat with her about music festivals before COVID. So far every guest on the Cut it Out Podcast has been a music festival fan. Can this be a coincidence? (In Episode 1, Max Malone shares his festival collage mural process). Is there an actual connection between collage artists and music festivals? I have no idea, but I will explore this further in the following episodes!
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