Dziga Vertov wanted to use cinematic realism to find freedom in a world where anything was possible. To me, DJ culture has inherited that same impulse -- "keeping it real" is a mantra one hears in Hip-Hop at every level. [Video]
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For over ten years, Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky has quietly been linking the worlds of DJ culture and high art. You could say his approach has been nearly subliminal. In this interview, Spooky gives a retrospective of his diverse body of work. (more)
In this interview with Elena Glasberg, I discusses my new multimedia performance work Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica, open-source media, music history, new relativism, the need for more paradox, and the sound of no government. (more)
Old categories for media are falling to the wayside as audience taste broadens and the borders between genres blur. We also lose our group identities in the process. Is that a triumph or tragedy?
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