Everything is a Remix is a four-part video series produced by Kirby Ferguson, a New York-based filmmaker. The series discusses how the folk art of remixing and the techniques (copying (collecting material), transforming, combining) used are vital in any creative process. His thesis posits that, in the end, everything is a remix.

Part 1 delves into the technique of remixing in music. Part 2 discusses source materials and the referential nature of film production. Part 3 explores how innovation happens within our culture. Part 4 will be released in Fall 2011.

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PART 2:

PART 3:

BONUS. Editor Rob G. Wilson elaborates upon Part 2 and dissects how Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill samples and refers to other films; it is one, big movie mash-up: