Journal 6

The more we focus on assemblages in class the more obvious these assemblages are in my everyday life. When trying to think of Arola and Arola’s bare repetition I think of the Lord’s Prayer that is read in just about every church service one attentions. This is the same prayer from generation to generation, only thing changing would be the language it is said in, or the interpretation of the original language. Whether growing up in a church or attending one service it is apparent that the Lord’s Prayer is a very important tradition to the church. An example of an ethical assemblage would have to be the same example I gave in class about Chance the Rapper’s song “How Great”. In this song, Chance incorporates the classic hymn of “How Great is Our God” and his own raps. He respects the original hymn by having an actual church choir sing along with him. He then goes to add his own lyrics, rap, and rhythms on the song creating an overall strong assemblage. He pulls on the lyrics of the hymn in his rap which is more appealing to our generation.

Circulation is a very important piece when it comes to assemblages. When an assemblage is circulated more people are opened up to the work that is created. If the assemblage is a good assemblage then the circulation reflects both the old and new, author and texts. This then makes the audience appreciate what both sides brought to the table to create that assemblage. Fair use also is in place to make sure that there is always something new added to an assemblage. It enforces copyright laws so that someone can’t steal another person’s work. With fair use an artist or author can use previous work and make it their own in an assemblage. If it’s a good assemblage they will credit the previous person as well.

Bad assemblages include potentially hurtful assemblages. If there is a chance that an assemblage can be hurtful then it cannot fit the category of a good assemblage. The audience should question potentially hurtful assemblages since they don’t follow the rules of a good assemblage.