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A bridge between public space and the private imagination: remix culture. In public space we interact, we pursue interaction that we would not have otherwise, and where there is interaction, there is possibility, possibility for growth, for further interaction and the continuation of those interactions in the private space of the imagination. Such a remix culture is still forking and evolving and finding new interactions that will redefine how we share and copywright and "own" public interactions, the manifestations of the sharing of the private imagination. But one remix culture that has been evolving and diverging for some 40 years is hip-hop culture, where the remix is a viable form for personal expression, where the borrowed (arranged thoughtfully and respectfully) is just as artful and the invented, where recycling is an act of creation that takes a completed action and explores its further potentialities. Hip-hop is public space, and hip-hop is remix culture.

Wikipedia entry for "Remix Culture":
Remix culture is a term employed by Lawrence Lessig[when?] and other copyright activists[who?] to describe a society which allows and encourages derivative works. Such a culture would be, by default, permissive of efforts to improve upon, change, integrate, or otherwise remix the work of copyright holders. Lessig presents this as a desirable ideal and argues, among other things, that the health, progress, and wealth creation of a culture is fundamentally tied to this participatory remix process.
Sampling in musicmaking is a prime example of reuse, and hip-hop culture's implicit acceptance of the practice makes it a remix culture.



Hip-hop is remix culture because it knows that it must look back and dig through the structures that have shaped it, the songs that have led to its evolution, in order to create meaningful interactions that will continue to define the genre. Almost every song includes at least one line or loop from a past creation. Thus hip-hoppers of all spheres, dancers, rappers, and painters, all make public discourse of the private elocutions made by their peers. This embodies the meaning of remix culture, and illustrates how the private mind is bridged to public space.