CULTURAL THEATRE: RECONTEXTUALIZATION OF RESOURCES
Sampling inherently recontextualizes the histories and identities of "the original," to a point where the validity of the term is contentious. For example, when a song is sampled, its identity is tied to the song which samples it. Deductive logic, then, suggests that even "the original" came from something: cultural, social, even political contexts. The Rhizome suggests that the simultaneous coexistence of these contexts with "the product" (the song). These "products" transcend entertainment; their temporal medium aligns with their palimpsestic qualities.
REFINERY SITE: TRANSFORMATION OF EXPRESSION
Sampling reinterprets the harvested intellectual resources. The Sampler, Historic Preservationist, and Adaptive Reuser are kindred spirits. Retrospective celebrations are temporal events in themselves; a song sampling another may anticipate itself being sampled further down the temporal landscape.
EXTRACTION SITE: MINING INTELLECTUAL RESOURCES
OCCUPYING A TEMPORAL LANDSCAPE
OCCUPYING A TEMPORAL LANDSCAPE
This spatial metaphor offers intellectual resources as a physical one. These resources are mined and weaponized. As with oil and water, it fuels individuals and whole societies. The Sampler may harvest songs as a farmer does crops. These resources are sustaining, enriching, and extremely varied. To be well-fed is to be well-informed.
