Ferguson's concepts of "copy, transform, and combine" help to convey his message that it is nearly impossible to create something without drawing inspiration from something else in some cases, people will directly sample existing material in the process of creating their own. Ferguson believes that everything is a remediation of existing material, e.g. A little further out, remixing genes (it's already being done now) will present wild and controversial possibilities."Everything is a Remix" by Kirby Ferguson is a four-part video series in which he claims that the ultimate driver of progress in the arts, technology, and society is borrowing from others. In the near future we'll start seeing remixing in 3D printing - designs will get traded, mixed, matched, transformed. They may internalize the art in a way that no generation has yet. There's now a very young generation that considers remix an essential medium and I'm really interested in what those kids will do later. How do you see remixes evolving, as digital technology keeps advancing and reshaping every aspect of creative work? One of the great things that Everything Is a Remix does is that it illustrates how remixes are not a new phenomenon at all, although remixing has proliferated across media thanks to new technologies. The real challenge was making those comparisons play on-screen that part was surprisingly difficult. The Star Wars material mostly came from Star Wars Origins and the Kill Bill stuff mostly came from The Quentin Tarantino Archives. Both those filmmakers have large and active communities on the web. How did you go about finding and compiling all these clips?
It didn't require me to shoot footage so I thought it'd be relatively easy, but it turned out to be outrageously time-consuming.Įpisode 2 really hits home with side-by-side comparisons of Star Wars and Kill Bill with dozens of films with nearly identical scenes. We all copy, we all transform, we all combine. And initially it seemed like a good side-project while I was working a day job. It's a blurry boundary between where one work ends and another begins. Corporations - and even many authors - want monopoly rights that are as broad and enduring as possible, but the gaping hole in that approach is that all creations contain chunks of other creations. I wanted to address the hypocrisy of property-centric views of creativity. Kirby Ferguson: Philosophical odyssey, I like that. What was your motivation to take on this quest? It’s also a labor of love - you’ve produced and funded the series yourself, with some support from viewers. The Atlantic: Everything Is a Remix is as much a philosophical odyssey as a documentary series, exploring notions of creativity and authorship across music, film, and technology.
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