Everything is a Remix

Everything is a Remix Part 1 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Remixing is a folk art but the techniques involved — collecting material, combining it, transforming it — are the same ones used at any level of creation. You could even say that everything is a remix.
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Everything is a Remix Part 2 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

An exploration of the remix techniques involved in producing films. Part Two of a four-part series.

Everything is a Remix Part 3 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Creativity isn’t magic. Part three of this four-part series explores how innovations truly happen.

Everything is a Remix Part 4 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

Our system of law doesn’t acknowledge the derivative nature of creativity. Instead, ideas are regarded as property, as unique and original lots with distinct boundaries. But ideas aren’t so tidy. They’re layered, they’re interwoven, they’re tangled. And when the system conflicts with the reality… the system starts to fail.