' In his work, "Postmodernism and Consumer Society," Jameson writes that pastiche is "the imitation of a peculiar or unique style, the wearing of a stylistic mask, speech in a dead language" (16). He continues by describing those who work with bricolage:
"The writers and artists of the present day will no longer be able to invent new styles and worlds - they've already been invented; only a limited number of combinations are possible; the unique ones have been thought of already. ... This means that contemporary or postmodern art is going to be about art itself in a new kind of way; even more, it means that one of its essential messages will involve the necessary failure of art and the aesthetic, the failure of the new, the imprisonment in the past" (18). '
Examples of bricolage are
Music often takes the form of sound collage, as well as sampling, DJs do this alot, mixing new and old songs, from all types of genres.
Film Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill relies heavily on styles, genres and codes from a variety of sources. He uses elements from Hong Kong kung-fu films, grindhouse style fight scenes and comic book set-ups.
Another film example is The Matrix by the Wachowski brothers, it visualually incorporates lots of different influences and styles into a new film. They draw on genres, stories and visuals such as the fantasy world of Alice in Wonderland, Japanese cyberpunk manga from Ghost in the Shell, action comic books, and kung-fu movies. Much of the discourse within the film refers to ,and combines, the ideas of Jacques Lacan, Jean Baudrillard, as well as lots of religious influences too.
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