The following online resources–whether artistic, educational, scholarly, or just fun– all relate in some way to issues of the remix, mash-up, recontextualization or appropriation of media texts:
- Adbusters – A magazine that critically examines contemporary consumer culture by parodying advertisements.
- Becoming a Remixologist: Art, Theory and Sound Practice – An article by Mark Amerika for the Centre International D’Art Contemporain de Montreal‘s online magazine that explores some historical and theoretical foundations of remix.
- The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video – A guide to fair use in online video created by American University‘s Center for Social Media.
- Copyright Criminals – A documentary film that examines the history of sampling in popular music (directed by Benjamin Franzen).
- Creative Commons – A non-profit organization that emphasizes creativity through the establishment of a ‘commons’ of free, shared, public media content.
- The Cut-up Method of Bryon Gisin – An essay by author William S. Burroughs that explores collage literature.
- DJ Spooky: That Subliminal Kid – (aka Paul D. Miller) A DJ, author and artist responsible for works like Rhythm Science, Rebirth of a Nation, and The Secret Song–all great remix resources.
- The Ecstasy of Influence – An article for Harper’s Magazine by author Jonathan Lethem that explores the legitimacy of ‘originality’ and ‘authorship’ versus ‘influence.’
- Freedom of Expression: Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property – A documentary film produced by the Media Education Foundation based on the book by Kembrew McLeod.
- The International Dada Archive – An online resource for all things Dada.
- La Pieta…Game Over – A sculpture by Polish artist Kordiana Lewandowski that remixes Nintendo and Michaelangelo.
- Lawrence Lessig – A Professor of Law at Harvard University and the author of several books on media and law, Lessig is among the foremost authorities on copyright law. In addition to his (now-defunct) blog, his (up-and-running) organization Fix Congress First is a great remix resource.
- Machinima.com – An online forum for sharing machinima works.
- Mashuptown – An online resource to popular mash-ups and remixes on the web.
- No Logo - A book by Naomi Klein that examines our consumer capitalist society and efforts of cultural resistance.
- Open Source Cinema – A website that’s part social network, part video remix tool, allowing you to download, remix, and share content (created by Brett Gaylor)
- The Open Work – A book of essays by author and scholar Umberto Eco that explore the how a work’s ‘openness’ encourages the audience to participate in the creation of meaning.
- Post Production: Culture as Screenplay – An essay by author and curator Nicolas Bourriaud that explores the contemporary artistic trend of reinterpreting, recontextualizing and remixing previous works.
- Raiding the 20th Century – An audio cut-up piece produced by DJ Food that documents the history of cut-up music.
- Reckoner Remix - A website produced by Radiohead that allows users to download, remix and share remixes of the band’s music.
- Remix: An Interactive Collage – A online collage art activity produced by the Museum of Modern Art‘s Red Studio.
- Remix Online – (Was) an online forum for making and sharing remixes, but has been shut-down; the remaining remix station was the earliest incarnation of the website
- remix.nin.com – A website produced by Nine Inch Nails that allows users to download, remix, and share remixes of the band’s music.
- Remix Theory – An online resource created by Eduardo Navas about the theoretical foundations of remixing
- RIP: A Remix Manifesto – A documentary film that follows mash-up artist Girl Talk in an exploration of contemporary remix culture (produced by The National Film Board of Canada and directed by Brett Gaylor)
- Scratch DJ Academy – A school that provides DJ and music production instruction to children.
- situationist international online – An online archive of information about the Situationist International sponsored by the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture at Virginia Tech.
- United State of Pop 2009 – A remix of several top-forty songs by DJ Earworm, a popular mash-up artist.