1. Remix Culture
Appreciation
A.K.A. ART APPRECIATION
MICHAEL AMICK
DEAN OF ACADEMIC AND TECHNOLOGIES
CENTRAL LAKES
COLLEGE, BRAINERD/STAPLES, MN

2. What is a Remix/Mashup?
Web 1.0 1990’s
Web 2.0 2000’s
Characteristics:
Web 3.0 2010 +
Created by Dion Hinchcliffe, used with permission CC

3.  Price Drive
1.
 Mashed Maps
Remix/Mashup
 Speed Trap
In web development, a
 Mashup awards
mashup is a Web
application that
combines data from
more than one source
into a single integrated
tool. The term Mashup
implies easy, fast
integration, frequently
done by access to open
APIs and data sources
to produce results that
were not the original
goal of the data owners.
From wikipedia

4. 2. Remix/
 Music Mash
Mashups
 Birthday GreetingBackup
A digital remix/
 Galvanize the Empire
mashup is a digital
media file containing
 300 Patriots
any or all of
text, graphics, audio,
video and animation
drawn from pre-
existing sources, to
create a new
derivative work or
application.

5.  The Future of Ideas, 2002
 Free Culture, 2003
Copyright
Issues  Remix Culture, 2008
All three by Lawrence Lessig
 Copyright’s Paradox, 2008
Netanel
Suggestions:
 Allow creative consumption
 Reduce duration and narrow
entitlements of copyright.
 Plans for reform still benefit
copyright holder.

6. Mona Lisa?

7. Dali
1954

8. Pop Art
Warhol

9. “The Heart of all new ideas
Myth of
lies in
Originality
borrowing, adding, combi
ning or modifying of old
ones. Do it by accident and
people call you lucky.
Do it by design and they’ll
call you creative.
MicaehlLeBoeuf, in Imagineering

10. Rodin
The Kiss 1886…remixed
to

11. Brancusi
The Kiss 1908

12. Egyption
Columns 1290B.C.
Remix to…

13. Greek
Corinthian
Column 334 B.C.
Remix to..

14. Roman
Colosseum, 70
a.d.
The vast majority of
surviving Greek
sculptures are copies
made by Roman
“remixers”

15. The
Renaissance
=Rebirth
=Remix
Raphael, School of
Athens, 1509-11

16.  Creativity values existing
From
knowledge. Since new ideas
Launching the
Imagination are often derived from old
ideas it is foolish to ignore or
Art and Design
Textbook by Mary
dismiss the past. Although
Stewart, 2002 p. 4-2
creativity loves change and new
possibilities.

18. From
Launching the
Imagination
Seeing the similarity
among seemingly
disparate parts has
often sparked a creative
breakthrough.

19. Under threat of lawsuit
in 1998 from Titan
Sports inc the artist
stopped using image.
And Remixed

20. John
Carpenter’s
They Live
1988 starring All Star
Wrestler Rowdy Roddy
Piper

22. Will Kill for
Gas
Dan Reetz 2002

23.  Boom De Yada
Educational
value of
making a
Re mix

24. • Remix released February 2, 2008
The Power of • 26 million views by Feb.
Remix
23, 08
Jan. 8 2008 Barak
• Webby award winner
Obama gives concession
speech after losing the
• The Obama campaign had no
New Hampshire
involvement in the production.
Primary.
Hip hop artist Wil.i.am • Criticized by some for being over-the-
(Blackeyed peas)
top and worshipful.
creates a remix using
the speech/video with
music.
• Yes We Can

25. Google maps

26. It’s a New Day

30. http://obamiconme.pastemagazine.com/

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