WHAT COMES AFTER REMIX? by Lev Manovich

clipped from remixtheory.net It is a truism today that we live in a “remix culture.” Today, many of cultural and lifestyle arenas – music, fashion, design, art, web applications, user created media, food – are governed by remixes, fusions, collages, or mash-ups. If post-modernism defined 1980s, remix definitely dominates 2000s, and it will probably continue to rule the next decade as well. Remixing originally had a precise and a narrow meaning that gradually became diffused. Although precedents of remixing can be found earlier, it was the introduction of multi-track mixers that made remixing a standard practice. With each element of a song – vocals, drums, etc. – available for separate manipulation, it became possible to “re-mix” the song: change the volume of some tracks or substitute new tracks for the old ounces. Gradually the term became more and more broad, today referring to any reworking of already existing cultural work(s).

The Coke Side of Life

Visit http://www.coca-cola.co.uk/cokesideofliferemix/ to ‘remix’ your very own Coke poster!

QT: King of Thieves

clipped from www.wired.com When it snuck onto the scene in 1992, Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs was hailed for its radical blend of raw violence and pop culture banter. Part of the appeal was the way Tarantino eagerly lifted themes and scenes from so many other movies: There’s The Taking of Pelham One Two Three! There’s City on Fire! There’s A Clockwork Orange! His shout-outs announced a new school of filmmaking, one that admits that movies are bastard beasts, their themes and characters easily swapped into new scenes and circumstances. And if the geeks in the audience can spot the references, even better.

Creative Commons: A Field Study In OpenSource

clipped from www.txdb.net I’ve been trying to explain the ideas of OpenSource recently in terms not specific to programming code or some other technological jargon. I’ve been having a bit of a hard time trying to create an image of OpenSource as a model, but I think I’ve come up with a few examples that will help outline the basic principles. I’ll do this by using CreativeCommons.Org as an Operating Platform. From this platform I’ll demonstrate how OpenSource principles begin to take affect, and how real world examples are utilizing these. Keep in mind that OpenSource is not dependent on CreativeCommons, nor visa versa, they are a way to practice OpenSource, not The Way. CreativeCommons: “…Creative Commons has developed a Web application that helps people dedicate their creative works to the public domain – or retain their copyright while licensing them as free for certain uses, on certain conditions.”

foundtracks: an experiment in remix culture

clipped from foundtracks.blogspot.com foundtracks melbourne, vic, Australia foundtracks is a third year media project collated by sarah bell of rmit university, melbourne australia. it is a collaborative venture which invites savvy home-producers & artists to create music utilizing a paintbox of found sounds. the tracks will then be made available for download & further remixing. this is a creative commons project. for more information email me at s3107861 at student dot rmit dot edu dot au.