Creativity has changed vastly in the era of social media. Social media is a place where members add to the culture by creating and re-creating the already existing culture around them, or in other terms, remix.
The remix of idea is often criticised as being unoriginal and stealing. It can be argued that it breaks terms of copyright. But when does one idea really come as purely original? It does not. For centuries people gain ideas from others, and elaborate to create their own pieces of work. Whether that be in art, music, writing, design or even social media. All idea stem from someone’s previous idea.
For example, Star Wars was based on Joseph Campbells’s The Hero With A Thousand Faces, and Led Zepplin’s Stairway to Heavan comes from Spirit’s Taures. Furthermore, it is evident that no idea is completely original, it is just a remix of a previous work of some kind.
A fantastic 4 part independent mini series called Everything is a Remix is available to watch on vimeo. It goes further in depth into this topic with an engaging visuals to keep you giggling along.
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