Clip Show: Revisiting The Past (The Secret Ingredient - 05-02-14)

The Secret Ingredient

We revisit our first two shows with Christian Giroux and Janet Morton through the lens of the "clip show" television trope (the flashback-heavy episodes pieced together from already-aired footage often brought on by writer's strikes), looking at how we can see the act of putting two different interviews in conversation as a creative act. We engage with the power of ambiguity, interpretation, and discussion. We look at these episodes through the lens of artist Charles Stankievech, who creating narratives through unlikely parallel texts. In the spirit of investigation, we explore Eve Kosofsky-Sedgwick’s concepts of paranoid and reparative readings, either drawing connections in anticipation on re-sampling narratives in new constructive ways. Re-investigation is important as we can engage in our practice more critically. We also play a set of cover songs to musically investigate re-sampling. Kosofsky Sedgwick, Eve. Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity. Durham: Duke University Press, 2003.