Ecstasy Of Influence

Remix culture forms an integral part of how people use media to create new material. However, artists and other people trying to appropriate previous work seek to balance what is new featuring seamlessness against what is continuous. In this paper, I will be appropriating the collage quotation “The Ecstasy of Influence” on Jonathan Lethem’s book; this work was created, by Jonathan Lethem himself with an aim of making it an attention catcher to his novel. My work will be more of a revision of the original collage work that was done by Jonathan Lethem to add aspects of modernity into the original work. Times change and so do works of art, thus they should keep being updated with changing times lest they become obsolete. In appropriating Lethem’s work, I will try to invoke the full complexity of the collage used to bring out the intended phenomenon.
Further, I will be appropriating the collage quotation “The Ecstasy of Influence” on Jonathan Lethem’s book. This work was created, by Jonathan Lethem himself for it to be an attention catcher to his novel. Just as Lethem uses a wealth of disparate fragments to build a seamless coherent, so should anyone seeking to use his work to convey some message. Lethem, himself taps into the digital media’s capacity to present his information evenly, which inspires anyone trying to use his work to create
Additionally, the collage quotation on the cover is particularly eye catching and many people can recognize it on first sight, thus my appropriated work will also be recognized easily. For lovers of postmodernism, this appropriation will prove interesting to read. However, the work will borrow from other artists, such as Shield to act as a continuation of Lethem’s work. To make sure that the target audience enjoys the piece, Lethem’s work will be used to operate without a distinct authorial “I” to maintain consistency of