David Laderman

Collection of essays on different types of sampling in different periods/nations, including the present. A few that stood out for me: Richard L. Edwards writes about remixing with rules and the role of constraint in the choice of sources as potentially enhancing creativity, just as choosing to use the sestina can be a spur to creativity. This is why I’ve never thought that the idea that constraint enhances creativity is a reason to expand copyright—the constraints should be relevant to show more the goal; writing in the voice of an existing character is also a constraint. Brian Hu’s piece on the use of intradiegetic karaoke scenes to discuss different types of realism in Chinese and Hong Kong cinema was also very interesting. Jonathan Cohn writes about a professional editing group’s mash-up contest and how professional and amateur and ‘working for the man for free’ interact in neoliberal culture. Samantha Close discusses different approaches to vidding and source among AMV editors and fan vidders. Corella Di Fede uses Antoine Dodson and the “Bed Intruder” song to explore how race and class play out in a world of theoretically more equalized access to the tools of expression for anyone with a phone. show less