Art, Media Design, and Postproduction: Open Guidelines on Appropriation and Remix

A concise guide to the creative application of appropriation and remix that offers a set of open-ended guidelines for art and design studio-based projects, this book explores creativity with emerging technology, including artificial intelligence.

This fully revised and expanded second edition engages with the ongoing recycling and repurposing of content and form, and the new directions the emerging form of metacreativity is taking art and design as artists continue to expand their creative methodologies. Exploration of metacreativity is new to this edition, with a focus on remix principles, the implementation of data analysis, and the delegation of parts of the creative process to automated algorithms and artificial intelligence. Each chapter includes an introduction, goals for guidelines of a studio-based project, with an explanation of relevant history, as well as examples and case studies. Each set of guidelines is open-ended, enabling the reader to repurpose the instructional material according to their own methodologies and choice of medium. Navas also provides historical and theoretical context to encourage critical reflection.

The second edition remains the first book of guidelines to take into account the historical, theoretical, and practical context of remix as an interdisciplinary act. This is an essential read for those interested in remix studies and appropriation in art, design, and media.

Eduardo Navas is Associate Research Professor of Art and Digital Arts & Media Design, Associate Director of Access and Equity in the School of Visual Arts, and Research Faculty in the College of Arts and Architecture's Arts & Design Research Incubator (ADRI) at Pennsylvania State University, USA. He researches and teaches principles of cultural analytics, digital humanities, and emerging technologies. Navas is author and co-editor of several titles, includingKeywords in Remix Studies(2017),The Routledge Handbook of Remix Studies and Digital Humanities(2021),The Rise of Metacreativity: AI Aesthetics After Remix(2023), andThe Routledge Companion to Remix Studies, 2nd edition(2025).

ISBN: 9781032510002
Format: Paperback
Pages: 332
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 12, 2025