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The Red Stripe

Posted by Elisa o n August 28th, 2009

This remix by freeyourpixels is a short yet eloquent critique of the US Marines “Red Stripe” online ad campaign. The remix uses still images and TV commercial clips for source materials and implements additive text and precise match-on-action editing techniques to unite them. The red stripe transitions the viewer from one clip to next and was created using After Effects. It’s a brilliant, yet simple, visual motif which echos the brutal imperialist history of the US Marines. The Scarlet Stripe, said to commemorate the bloodshed by US Marine officers during the 1846 Battle of Chapultepec in Mexico, is more often referred to as the Blood Stripe.

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30 Seconds Hate

Posted by Jonathan o n October 22nd, 2008

Bryan Boyce remixes a Fox News interview with Henry Kissinger as a tribute to George Orwell’s 100th birthday. The video has been around for a couple years but has just found it’s way to YouTube for the public to watch and enjoy.

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Jeremiah Wright Painting A Picture Of US Aggression

Posted by Jonathan o n May 6th, 2008

A stunning video remix illustration of Jeremiah Wright talking about the “chickens coming home to roost” critique of US foreign policy. Creator Diran Lyons use footage from both documentary films and hollywood blockbusters to add visuals to Wright’s words from the pulpit.

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Episode II: Four More Years

Posted by Jonathan o n March 26th, 2008

Another Star Wars themed remix found on youtube, this one taking the audio of Obi Won Kenobi’s famous monologue in A New Hope: Episode 4 where he explains The Empire to a young Luke Skywalker and mixing it with footage of the Bush Administration and it’s War in Iraq. Here also is another slightly different version of this mash-up.

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Ashcroft Fear-Mongering

Posted by Jonathan o n June 15th, 2007

This 2004 remix of a John Ashcroft news briefing puts the “war on terror” into perspective. The video uses added footage from Hollywood blockbuster disaster flicks and some video collage as extra visuals for the Attorney General’s announcement.

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States of the Union Remixed

Posted by Jonathan o n June 12th, 2007

A collection of remixed State of the Union Addresses from various recent years that twist the president’s word. This practice of identity correction has become something of an annual tradition among video artists.

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Planet of The Arabs

Posted by Jonathan o n June 1st, 2007

One of the best political remix videos on the net, it was created by Jacqueline Salloum. The video deal brilliantly with anti-arab racism in the entertainment industry.

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