Fall 2007

NMEA20H Introduction to New Media in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Remixing Culture and the Culture of Remix

Instructor
Leslie Chan
Room B570
chan@utsc.utoronto.ca

Teaching Assistant
Stephen Tracy


 

This week we focus on the concept of "remix" as a central theme in today's digital culture and look at how authors and artists are redefining the meanings and practices of creative acts in the digital environment. We also look at the history of remix and see how pervasive this has been as a creative practice.

Readings:
What comes after remix, by Lev Manovich (2007)
http://www.manovich.net/DOCS/remix_2007_2.doc

Remix and Remixability, by Lev Manovich (Oct. 2005)
http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0511/msg00060.html

"God's Little Toy: Confession of a Cut-and-Paste Artist" by William Gibson
Wired, Issue 13.07, July 2005
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.07/gibson.html

Sites:
Remixing the Matrix: An Interview with Paul D. Miller, aka DJSpooky
http://www.x-chicago.com/main/article.php?articleID=286

Sounds at DJ Spooky's web site
http://www.djspooky.com/sounds.html

Marcel Duchamp remixology project
http://www.moca.org/museum/dg_detail.php?dgDetail=pmiller

The Remixmasters: A history lesson for Puffy Combs.
By Ben Williams
http://slate.msn.com/id/2068368

The Words-and-Music Equation: More Than a New Math of Rap
By John Rockwell
http://www.hiphopconvention.org/issues/hiphop/mathofrap.cfm

 

 

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