Remix Practices
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La presente tesis busca analizar el uso de la edición como técnica de reciclaje de material audiovisual, entendiendo la edición como el proceso donde se sintetizan todos los elementos que conforman el producto final. El proceso de... more
Critical evaluations of audio mash-ups and remixes tend to congregate around two poles. On the one hand, these often clever recombinations of recorded music are celebrated as innovative and creative interventions in the material of bland... more
En este ilustrativo ensayo, el maestro en Estética y Arte, Luis Álvarez Azcárraga, presenta una aproximación al concepto de remix y lo coloca para su comprensión en varios contextos: legal, histórico, político, musical, artístico y social
Remix games are like remix videos, remix music, or remix images in that they are primarily comprised of sampled content. As a working definition, for the purposes of this chapter, remix games may be understood as games that are composed... more
La musica, in quanto forma testuale, non è sfuggita ai processi d’ibridazione permessi dalla tecnologia digitale, anzi l’estrema facilità di appropriazione, manipolazione, rielaborazione e mescolanza è forse l’aspetto che più di altri... more
What roles do media technologies, artifacts, and users play in cultural change? This dissertation focuses on the shift from analog to digital media and concentrates on the role played by copies and replication in both systems of... more
Critical Remix Video (CRV) has become a potentially powerful and persuasive alternative to mainstream commercial advertising. Many producers of such work seek to convince audiences that dominant media messages communicate inherently false... more
Remix is now considered by many to be a form of derivative work, but such generalizations have resulted in numerous non-commercial remixes being wrongfully accused of copyright infringement. Gallagher argues that remix is a fundamentally... more
Yoko Ono is unusual in that she is a site of considerable activity in three distinct spaces where the term “remix” is in common use. This paper reviews her activity in these distinct remix spaces and examines the spaces for identifiable... more
In social media, individuals are accustomed to hypertextual dynamics of a participative culture, established by languages that replicate behavioural patterns and potentialize their ideas. The resources in these platforms enable dialogues... more
The remix demonstrates that creativity is alive and well, but also under attack by corporate copyright holders trying to shut down media sharing and remixed media. Artistry now lies in how pre-existing materials are remixed and rendered... more
Capítulo do livro "Escrita não criativa e autoria", organizado por Luciene Azevedo e Tatiana da Silva Capaverde. Cada vez tem se tornado mais comum autores contemporâneos referirem-se a suas próprias obras como um trabalho de curadoria.... more
Hablamos con John Postill, profesor titular de Comunicación en RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia), sobre temas presentes en su nuevo libro: “The Rise of Nerd Politics” (El surgimiento de la Política Nerd). Postill nos explica qué es... more
The paper investigates sign-making through selection and recontextualization of (snippets of) previous texts, i.e., copy-and-paste; it discusses the underlying semiotic mechanism and the resulting practices, namely forwarding and remix.... more
In its hybridized, intertextual and multifaced core, internet memes carry hereditary characteristics of cultural repertoires, such as day-to-day matters, media content and socio-political discourses. They are part of a vast digital... more
In this article I analyze the cover version as a specific form of copying in music recording and performance, and then evaluate it as a cultural variable that is part of the creative process in remix practice. This analysis demonstrates... more
This article describes an arts-based writing project, the Cultural Selfie, used in a pre-service teacher education classroom to explore the concept of funds of knowledge and to develop intercultural awareness. The Cultural Selfie as a... more
Fan edits are essentially unauthorized alternative versions of films made by fans. Unlike traditional film editing, which is characterized by a new assemblage of original film or video content, fan editing is a form of recombinant... more
This research paper examines 21st century Internet and media cultures, with specific focus on remix video, participatory culture, and media literacy. This paper received First Class Honors at Trinity College, Dublin. Vanessa graduated... more
This PDF doesn't include the integral video material embedded in the article for which you will need to visit: http://www.thecine-files.com/turning-up-the-volume/ “What do I see of what I hear? What do I hear of what I see?” (Michel... more
A fan edit can generally be defined as an alternative version of a film or television text created by a fan. It offers a different viewing experience, much as a song remix offers a different listening experience. The contemporary wave of... more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f_C2ofoVbk A video review of This is Not a Remix: Piracy, Authenticity and Popular Music by Margie Borschke Reviewed by Owen Gallagher Book publisher’s website:... more
Equal parts science fiction, visual essay and academic paper. An arts-based reflection on the Art Museum of Ciudad Juárez that reinterprets its history through 25 panoramic collages, which were generated by remixing it's archive. A case... more
In this paper we will deal with music related co-creation practices from the perspective of transmedia literacies. We will take as a case example " Evolution of Get Lucky " , a collective experiment by musician PV Nova, that consisted in... more
"James Brown’s ‘‘I’m Real’ (1988) contains numerous lyrics regaled from James Brown’s earlier hits (including ‘Make it Funky’ (1971)) and also James Brown vocal samples from ‘Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine’ (1970) and ‘Get on... more
The remix demonstrates that creativity is alive and well, but also under attack by corporate copyright holders trying to shut down media sharing and remixed media. Artistry now lies in how pre-existing materials are remixed and rendered... more
Hablamos con John Postill, profesor titular de Comunicación en RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia), sobre temas presentes en su nuevo libro: “The Rise of Nerd Politics” (El surgimiento de la Política Nerd). Postill nos explica qué es... more
As a form of Indo-Caribbean popular music produced primarily in Trinidad, chutney soca has been shaped by a variety of remembered and 're-membered' sonic and stylistic traditions. Among them have been Indian classical singing, performed... more
This chapter discusses how vidders make sense of themselves as part of a community, and analyses the role of remix aesthetics as a type of boundary work.
Let’s Go Crazy is a remix project conducted as a video response sensation on YouTube. It engages Stephanie Lenz’s court case against Universal Music Group (UMG), which sent a take-down notice to Lenz on YouTube for a 29-second home video... more
This paper presents our approach to the development of Food Monitor, an original software program that provides a database of grocery items that can be used to monitor stock levels, suggest recipes, and provide nutritional information to... more
Many scholars of digital technologies and networks have called “remix” the defining characteristic of digital culture, using it as shorthand for all that is new, digital and participatory. This chapter offers a critique of such claims by... more