Girl Talk and Henry Jenkins

Talkin’ bout convergence, Willis.

People don’t really consume media anymore: they interact with it…It's just kind of the way the world exists right now. I think something like my new album falls right in line with a lot of that in that it's a new transformative work

that's not creating competition.

I use the bands as instruments…

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Fan Videos!!!

Questions to Consider• Are these video makers dealing with the

culture industry or are they still dupes? How do you figure?

• What kind of aura does a Girl Talk song possess (considering it’s poached, free, and recontextualized…is the mechanical reproduction closer to obtaining its own aura)?

Works Cited• http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/

2008/11/interview_girl.php• http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/

magazine/20wwln-consumed-t.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

• http://www.illegal-art.net/shop• http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=VKqkcHvJN9k• http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=WK3O_qZVqXk