DJ Spooky

Audio

1. How does DJ Spooky as an artist deal with visual sampling? He is intrigued with how an artist deals with visual sampling. He was dj-ing at a club and wanted to see how the audience reacts to the screen, since it is usually a cheesy space ship scene. He put up images of Klu Klux Klan people and watched as everyone stopped dancing.
2. How does DJ Spooky make use of recurring images, and repetition, in his work? He calms them central points in his film. One recurring image is a southern family watching the happy darkys dancing. He uses visuals as music. The film is a digital exorcism; getting rid of various issues. Repetition works with the music and the way he edited the film down- motif. He takes from different music.
3. What does DJ Spooky have to say about how he holds his works together, or makes transitions? He says that repetition holds his work all together.
4. According to DJ Spooky, in what ways does editing sound compare with editing video? With editing video he is focused on the central turning points, like DJ focuses on the main hook. It took a lot of time to edit.