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In this collection of essays, leading academics, critics, and artists historicize collage and appropriation tactics that cut across diverse media and genres. They take up issues of appropriation in the popular and the avant-garde, in altered billboards and the work of the renowned painter Chris Ofili, in hip-hop and the compositions of Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly, and in audio mash-ups, remixed news broadcasts, pranks, culture jamming, and numerous other cultural forms. The borrowing practices that they consider often run afoul of intellectual property regimes, and many of the contributors address the effects of copyright and trademark law on creativity. Among the contributors are the novelist and essayist Jonathan Lethem, the poet and cultural critic Joshua Clover, the filmmaker Craig Baldwin, the hip-hop historian Jeff Chang, the zine-maker and sound collage artist Lloyd Dunn, and Negativland, the infamous collective that was sued in 1991 for sampling U2 in a satirical sound collage. Cutting Across Media is both a serious examination of collage and appropriation practices and a celebration of their transformative political and cultural possibilities.ContributorsCraig BaldwinDavid BanashMarcus BoonJeff ChangJoshua CloverLorraine Morales CoxLloyd DunnPhilo T. FarnsworthPierre JorisDouglas KahnRudolf KuenzliRob LathamJonathan LethemCarrie McLarenKembrew McLeodNegativlandDavis SchneidermanDavid TetzlaffGabor ValyiWarner Special ProductsEva Hemmungs Wirten

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