Understanding appropriation as a creative practice
Jim Nielson’s blanket term for experiments in which an entire recorded track of music is programmatically processed using computer algorithms, for instance speeding up a track, slowing it down, pitching it up or down, cutting or duplicating beats or measures systematically, etc. (If anyone knows a blanket term already in use for these practices, please Read More …
Re-directed Art This term was coined by David Irvine to refer to his overpainted thrift shop art pieces. The idea is usually to take banal, bad, or kitschy art found in thrift shops, yard sales, and flea markets, and to paint new, usually absurdist elements into them. Although this is usually seen as a joke and Read More …
A form of three-dimensional collage using manufactured and found objects, often mixed with paint or other media.
Jim Nielson defines instajam as a method of guerilla détournement in which you deliver a culture jam or a culture jimmy by photoshopping it into a social media post. Also known as snapjam®. Because it is so difficult to modify public signage in such slick ways, the practice of culture jimmy requires costly materials such Read More …
A video mashup that shows examples of a particular meme, concept, image or theme from a variety of sources. Supercuts.org: “A fast-paced montage of short video clips that obsessively isolates a single element from its source, usually a word, phrase, or cliche from film and TV. Purpose: Typically humour, entertainment, homage, or celebration, but sometimes Read More …
This is my term for a mashup video created mainly or entirely by adding original or re-edited audio from other sources over a largely unchanged video clip UNALTERED VIDEO, ALTERED AUDIO Typical uses include culture jams that use different audio to comment ironically on mainstream video such as an advertisement or a popular movie dubbed Read More …
This is my term for a mashup video created mainly or entirely by adding original or re-edited video from other sources over a largely unchanged audio soundtrack. UNALTERED AUDIO, ALTERED VIDEO Some of the most common revid uses are the typical unofficial music video many examples of what people typically call trailer mashups, in which Read More …
A YouTube video genre in which an original video is made for a song (whether or not the song already has an official video). Unofficial music videos can take many forms, including live-action dramatization, lip-syncing, and original animation. From a remix culture point of view, three prominent sub-genres are worth recognizing: Anime music videos Gaming Read More …
A form of détournement proposed by Dr Jim Nielson in which signage and other public media put out by mainstream dominant culture are modified to use the slick or seductive or publicly prominent platform to send more progressive or disruptive “public service messages.” Dr Nielson explains how this idea came to him: I attended a Read More …
A video or video/audio mashup that combines different source material, often in an attempt to be intentionally annoying and usually in a mood that is more or less parodic, satirical or surreal. The intentions and effects of appropriation as practiced in poops is a matter of controversy – or sometimes indifference – among practitioners, fans, Read More …