Remix CultureOne of the biggest problems that arise with remix art is the "Remix vs. plagiarism" issue. When does a remixed work become an original work of art? Is the work considered original as soon as it is retouched or when it is unrecognizable? Nor is a work unique when its purpose and meaning transcend those of the original? Works like Montgomery Lee's “Copyright Symphony” take a variety of images and use them to create music from the data embedded in the photographs. The work can be considered his because he had given the images a new meaning by putting them together. And by transforming photos into music, they are no longer photographs, but musical instruments that together create something completely original. Even something as simple as adding animation to recorded sound made it possible to remix a work. Kota Ezawa added simple animation to the recording of the first OJ "Simpson Trial" and, in doing so, took something that was intended to be a recording exclusively for court documents and transformed it into a dramatic narrative that conveys many of the emotions displayed by defense and the prosecution when the final verdict was read. Michael Robinson's "Light is Waiting" took a simple, wholesome episode of Full House and turned it into a nightmare, acid trip gone wrong. Once again Robinson, just like Ezawa and Lee, took a self-employed work and transformed it into something completely. Robinson remixed the work beyond recognition. When you think of a remix, what usually comes to mind is the music industry practice of subtly changing and rereleasing a single multiple times to capitalize on a song's popularity. It's pretty much a given that m... middle of paper... confesses some of his darkest thoughts to anyone who's paying attention. Improv Everywhere follows this same line with their exploration of public space. They try to bring people together within these public spaces through their ridiculous sketches and "improvisations". By filming their efforts within their public space, they provide their own surveillance cameras and can choose to film whatever they want within this already monitored space. As the technology continues to grow and expand, the questions raised by Krauss and Mann will continue to fuel discussion. The new public space investigated through art is the Internet. Privacy is being questioned more and more often with the advent of Facebook, Youtube and Chat Roulette. Artists like Lonely Girl 15 and “Merton the Chat Roulette Piano Guy” continue to explore this new public space.