Cut-Up Assignment

Cut-Up Assignment (100 points) - In studying the interpretation of aesthetic texts, this assignment is intended to elucidate the creator’s/performer’s power in structuring texts to fit his/her interpretation and conveying that to the audience. Using digital platforms to “cut up” originally-written aesthetic texts with reappropriated ones, students will re-interpret their writing from a different point of view and be forced to make sense of it, particularly in conjunction with performing the new text in class.

• Go to : http://www.cutnmix.com/macversion/ or http://www.robopoem.com/ for PC users
• Write a brief aesthetic text that describes an important experience or identity that you hold.
• Find one or more other texts to cut up with your text (this can be lyrics, a poem, a movie script, a set of directions - anything!)
• Cut N Mix: 
• 1.) Download the app for your respective computing machine 
• 2.) Open the app and go to "Input Tracks" tab; 
• 3.) Select "Track 1" tab and write in your composed piece (sorry, this does not do "cut' and "paste"!) 
• 4.) Select "Track 2/3/4" tab and insert your reappropriated piece(s) 
• 5.) Tab back to "Output" and determine your parameters (i.e. turning down one track, etc., size filtering out words) 
• 6.) Hit "Mix Tracks" 
• 7.) Cut N Mix cannot cut and paste so hit "Save Mix" and save it somewhere you will be able to locate. It will save as a TextEdit file. You can use that to print it out or cut and paste into Word/GoogleDocs/Open Office. 
• Refine the language to make as much (or little sense) as you would like. This is another layer of your aesthetic interpretation.
• You may find ways to include figurative language forms (i.e. personification, metaphor, etc.) in refining your cut-up writing.
• *At least 20 lines, please!
• Due Tuesday Jan 19