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Fatal-Noogie
Phoenix
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|  Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:40 am?? ?Post subject: This feels worse than plagiarism or identity theft. |  |
| My name is Fatal Noogie. I sign my art Fatal Noogie.
If you google "Fatal Noogie" you find my art. That's intentional.
For my portfolio presentation class, I've been using my legally-given name on all the documentation
but I still use Fatal Noogie to sign all my art work out of habit.
My instructor saw an instance of this and told me to take it out.
I thought he meant on the image pages so I didn't mind.
Later, while looking over my shoulder, he sees that my Artist Statement page says
| Quote: | -[my legal name]
aka Fatal Noogie
2012 |
at the bottom, so he points to it and stammers, "There it is again. Enough with this SH1T."
where the whole class can hear it too.
I pretended to delete it from the document while he watched and and later went to talk to a counselor,
who said that my trying to associate the mention of my art-name with my art
could NOT be defended under academic freedom of speech.
This feels like being asked to remove a watermark and inscribe "John Doe" on all my stuff.
It's worse than art theft, and I would know.
I've had my art stollen, digitally, by people who then signed it as their own.
At least they didn't ask me to be complicit in it.
Consequently, I'm tempted to turn in a portfolio with everything labeled as "Fatal Noogie"
with my legal name in sub-notation on the front,
and let him choose whether to grade it or flunk me out of spite.
I'm not trying to pass the class so I can get an art job or transfer to another school.
I'm looking for work in an unrelated sector.
I'd just like to have my Associate Art degree after all my efforts, but not the expense of my dignity.
How far what would you do to protect your name/identity?
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| | Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 2:32 am?? ?Post subject: Re: This feels worse than plagiarism or identity theft. | |
| | Fatal-Noogie wrote: | My name is Fatal Noogie. I sign my art Fatal Noogie.
If you google "Fatal Noogie" you find my art. That's intentional.
For my portfolio presentation class, I've been using my legally-given name on all the documentation
but I still use Fatal Noogie to sign all my art work out of habit.
My instructor saw an instance of this and told me to take it out.
I thought he meant on the image pages so I didn't mind.
Later, while looking over my shoulder, he sees that my Artist Statement page says
| Quote: | -[my legal name]
aka Fatal Noogie
2012 |
at the bottom, so he points to it and stammers, "There it is again. Enough with this SH1T."
where the whole class can hear it too.
I pretended to delete it from the document while he watched and and later went to talk to a counselor,
who said that my trying to associate the mention of my art-name with my art
could NOT be defended under academic freedom of speech.
This feels like being asked to remove a watermark and inscribe "John Doe" on all my stuff.
It's worse than art theft, and I would know.
I've had my art stollen, digitally, by people who then signed it as their own.
At least they didn't ask me to be complicit in it.
Consequently, I'm tempted to turn in a portfolio with everything labeled as "Fatal Noogie"
with my legal name in sub-notation on the front,
and let him choose whether to grade it or flunk me out of spite.
I'm not trying to pass the class so I can get an art job or transfer to another school.
I'm looking for work in an unrelated sector.
I'd just like to have my Associate Art degree after all my efforts, but not the expense of my dignity.
How far what would you do to protect your name/identity? |
This is terrible. I use my real name and my online alias (skellious) interchangeably a lot of the time. If you google it, you will only find results about me. This is likewise a deliberate choice. I view both names as equally valid to identify me and while I use my legal name out of convention I do not think my university would care if I also added Skellious to all my assignments.
I am sorry this is happening to you and, especially because this is art, I would not take this sort of attack on your person. However you potentially stand to lose a lot. One thing I will say is it sounds like you need a better counsellor.
Good luck with this whatever you decide to do! Please keep us updated! |
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| | Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 2:50 am?? ?Post subject: | |
| The counselor herself was actually rational.
She gave me a direct answer: a strict interpretation
of my options considering the rules,
so I don't blame her.
If I can keep my pride hidden for two weeks,
I'll get my grade and get my degree.
Then then be in the clear,
free to promote my work however I see fit.
That's the 'sensible' choice to make.
It's just hard for me to make it because subjectively,
it feels like I'm 'selling-out' before I even step on stage.
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| | Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:06 am?? ?Post subject: | |
| | Fatal-Noogie wrote: | The counselor herself was actually rational.
She gave me a direct answer: a strict interpretation
of my options considering the rules,
so I don't blame her.
If I can keep my pride hidden for two weeks,
I'll get my grade and get my degree.
Then then be in the clear,
free to promote my work however I see fit.
That's the 'sensible' choice to make.
It's just hard for me to make it because subjectively,
it feels like I'm 'selling-out' before I even step on stage. |
:/ There's no easy answer. I guess what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person do you want to be in the future? Once you figure that out, the path will become clear.
Good luck! |
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