Remixed: the derivative nature of creativity and our failure to recognize it.

March 08 Comments Off on Remixed: the derivative nature of creativity and our failure to recognize it. Category: Feed, HackText

The last episode of the Everything is a Remix video series is now online. Kirby Ferguson’s excellent documentary, covering the history and art of remixes, is a must see. The concept of remixes is nothing new, but the legal attacks that have abounded in recent years are. The derision remixes now receive from mainstream media could cause […]

Learn your culture, remix culture

February 07 Comments Off on Learn your culture, remix culture Category: Feed, HackText

If you haven’t been watching Kirby Ferguson’s excellent Everything is a Remix videos, here’s a quick collection and some links to the excellent documentary. We often talk about remixed media as if it were something new to our culture. However, in these extremely informative videos Ferguson traces the modern remix back to 1961.

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