Method Sampling: How to Build the Future Together

Written By Steve Boyle

Method Sampling is the principle used by an Oakland, CA globetrotting orchestra that fuses hip-hop and classical music to magical effect. JooWan Kim, its Korean-born composer, believes that any paradigm-shifting change only happens by sampling and reframing differences that spark innovation. To test his hypothesis, Kim meets a disabled choreographer who revolutionized modern dance, a self-taught Black mycologist who wrote the first books on Cordyceps cultivation, and a tiny house builder with a shipbuilding background who looks at houses as inverted boats. In addition, he meets the Italian Critical Theorist, Fabio Vighi, to explore how Method Sampling may allow society to overcome the challenges it faces today.


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Duration: 55 minutes
Year: 2023
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Selling points:

  • Multi-dimensional, touches upon dance, music, performance, science, and architecture.

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