DJ Spooky Assignment

I. DJ Spooky cuts, pastes, and weaves celluloid and shots from the original film "Birth of a Nation". In sampling images, Spooky used main turning points in the film, like the climax and the hook. He used images of controversial context like the KKK to hook people's attention.

II. Spooky says that he uses repetition as a "digital exorcism", getting rid of usual issues. In using motifs or recurring images, he can give familiar or relatable context new meaning through juxtaposition of sound and image.

III. He claims that repetition holds his works together, in the sense that motifs hook an audience and give them familiarity and curiosity throughout the piece.

IV. He says that they are very similar in the fact that they can manipulate the focus of viewers. Both have a rhythm and a flow, as well as his sense of repetition.