Political Remix Videos

Fixed link FEB/28/08

WAR™ is a political remix by Michele Aquila that uses still photographs from the US invasion of Iraq coupled with familiar multinational corporate logos.

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Here is one of the first political remixes I have found from 1942 called “General Adolph Takes Over”. Made by Universal Newsreel using material pirated from the famous nazi propaganda film “Triumph of the Will” than cut up, re-edited and set to the quirky British dance tune “The Lambeth Walk“. The short makes fun of the marching nazi soldiers, as well as Hitler making them look like wind-up dolls, dancing and skipping to the music.

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Another remix from Negativland’s 1997 release “Dis Pepsi” with help from Harold Boihem.

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A another Negativland remix with help form by James Towning.

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A remix by subMedia that appropriates media icons Eminem and Apple’s Ipod to make a critical comment on the war in Iraq.

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The Reel President remix illustrates the power of cinema and examines the tools used to create a presidential image by video artists Morgan Schwartz and Amy Sharp.

Click link below to watch video:
http://www.archive.org/details/MorganSchwartzandAmySharpTheReelPresident

The White House has appropriated the notion of the “President” from Hollywood and employed Hollywood tactics to sell America a constructed image. We use Hollywood films, televised debates and press coverage, to investigate the political climate and the role of still and moving images in the portrayal of the Presidency. The Reel President explores the relationship between acting presidential and being presidential.

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