Everything is a Remix

An extrapolation on the "One Last Thing" from Kirby Ferguson's web series Everything Is A Remix - Episode 2: vimeo.com/19447662

Rob G. Wilson made this video examining the origins of The Matrix. It was written by Cynthia Closkey and most of the comparisons were crowdsourced by Everything is a Remix fans.

Nothing is original, says Kirby Ferguson, creator of Everything is a Remix. From Bob Dylan to Steve Jobs, he says our most celebrated creators borrow, steal and transform. Kirby Ferguson explores creativity in a world where "everything is a remix."

Like a time capsule for the changes wrought by the iPhone — iOS went from revolutionary to kind of stale-looking in a remarkably short period of time.

For the first time, the whole series as a single video in HD. Written and Remixed by Kirby Ferguson In the five years since the series launched, Everything is a Remix has been viewed over two million times and produced a popular TED Talk. Amazingly, Remix continues to change the way people think about creativity, originality, and copyright. To celebrate the five year anniversary, I've polished up the original four parts and merged them into a single video. For the first time now, the whole series is available as a single video with proper transitions all the way through, unified styling, and remixed and remastered audio. Part One has been entirely rebuilt in HD.

The remix method of copying, transforming and combining is definitely used in The Force Awakens, as well as the other works of JJ Abrams. Is remixing a weak point in The Force Awakens? Is the remix method growing stale? Have we reached the limits of remixing?

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Parody - Transforming media into something new - Repurposing or changing - Memes - Making an argument - Everything is a remix

How can we prevent ourselves from getting lost in the media's house of mirrors?

How can we prevent ourselves from getting lost in the media's house of mirrors?

In the early seventies in New York City, a new technique for creating music starts to form. At parties DJs are looping the dancers' favorite parts of songs.

Reality - Fan fiction - Hollywood Actor World - Rick Dalton World - Bruce Lee - Manson Family - Spahn Ranch - Linda Kasabian - Sharon Tate - Celebrity cameos

Explore the phenomenon of cultural appropriation. What is it? What are the outcomes? When does creativity and appreciation veer into appropriation?

Awkwafina did nothing wrong - What is cultural appropriation? - A bunch of examples - More interesting cases - Elvis - Cultural appreciation - The takeaway - How not to appropriate - One final story