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“Remix […] informs the development of material reality dependant on the constant recyclability of material with the implementation of mechanical reproduction” (Navas 2012, p3). This section explores the theory and history underlying the technology, aesthetics, principles and discourse of remix as part of a visual practice.

Theory of Remix

Decontextualization vs Recontextualization

contextDread ScottFountainMarcel DuchampNAACPSherrie Levine
‘Fountain (after Marcel Duchamp)’ (1991) by Sherrie Levine

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Theory of Remix

Not quite a remix: re-edit, merry-go-round, scratching, extended remix, version, replay, reblogging, toasting

1520 Sedgwick AvenueExtended versionMerry-go-roundre-editRebloggingReplayscratchingToastingVersion
Found in 'Say Watt? Le Culte du Sound system' @ La Gaité Lyrique, Paris. August 2013

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Encyclopedia of —isms

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Recuperation

Anarchyanti-capitalismBanksycapitalismcooptiondecontextualiseGuy DebordMcDonaldsSociety of the Spectaclesterilisedsubsumetrivialise
TRUMP CHE T-SHIRT, found on: Liberty Maniacs, $24.00

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Décollage

60sadvertisingCubismDadaJacques VillegléMama Miamass cultureMimmo RotellaNeo Dadanew realismNew YorkPop ArtpostersRaymond HainsrevoltrippingSituationist InternationalTheo AudeneardWolf Vostell
Décollage found/made by author. Willem Buytewechstraat. Rotterdam. October 12, 2020.

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Reading stuff

Theory of Remix

Theory of Re-mix: a reading list

After Magritte. La Clef des songes (The Interpretation of Dreams). Brussels, 1935

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Sample (verb)

a partcopycopy-and-pastecutcut-upfragmentation

In its most basic definition, to sample means to copy or cut and paste.

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Encyclopedia of —isms

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Remix

‘[CMD]+[c]’:, ‘[CMD]+[v]’: Everything is a Remix @ Vimeo

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