Remix and Reproduction in the Post-Internet Age: A Contemporary Art + Design Pedagogy

Having taught many university-level studio art courses, I have noticed in my students a surprising investment the notion of originality and authorship their own creative practices, even as they freely participated exchange, reuse, remixing visual languages on social media internet. This paper focuses techniques to incorporate remix practices into design classrooms, arguing that benefit significantly from focus what term “remix pedagogy,” meaning method practice teaching brings together both concepts use tactics. argue pedagogy offers four key benefits arts pedagogy. First, it productively reconfigures outmoded notions authenticity, freeing high-pressure myth artist lone genius. In doing so, second benefit: introduces new modes making promote ideation, thinking, production, including support collaborative frameworks artistic processes. Thirdly—and crucially—these teach how commentary with cultural fluidity previously unavailable them. Finally, familiarizes principles fair use, promoting complex critical reasoning by forcing them reason through makes work “transformative” distinguish plagiarism. provides examples Copy Culture, course developed at University San Francisco.