“Remix […] informs the development of material reality dependant on the constant recyclability of material with the implementation of mechanical reproduction” (Navas 2012, p3).
Appropriation refers to the practice of artists using pre-existing objects or images in their art with little transformation of the original. It raises questions of originality, authenticity and authorship, and questions the definition of art itself.
1. Culture always builds on the past
2. The past always tries to control the future
3. Our futures is becoming less free
4. To build free society you must limit the control of the past