"Perhaps the most relevant prefix now is re-" Adam E Mendelsohn (2008: 35)
"Remake, reuse, reassemble, recombine - that's the way to go" Elaine Sturtevant
reprepositiona memo re the new alarm system: about, concerning,regarding, with regard to, relating to, vis-à-vis,apropos (of), on the subject of, with respect to, with reference to, in connection with.
-re-make
-re-invent
-re-consider
-re-evaluate
-re-charge
-re-play
-re-enact
-re-use
-re-act
-re-buildt
-re-construct
-re-form
-re-turn
-re-store
-re-work
-re-create
-re-stage
-re-think
-re-look
-re-produce
-re-contextualize
-re-present
-re-load
-re-move
-re-animate
-re-late
-re-lay
-re-vert
-re-wind
-re-peat
-re-member
-re-cycle
-re-cord
THE RE- FACTOR by Guy Brett in Yadong Hao, S. / Hearn M. (Eds.) (2010) NOTES on a return. Art Editions North
"In fact it is fascinating to consider further this little prefix 're-' [...] It seems, when one comes to think about it, that its use can be divided between groups of words which are more or less neutral and those that have a powerful charge of vitality. On the one side we have return, repeat, record, relate, representand on the other side words like renew, re-create, regenerate, revitalise, reactivate, revivify, re-animate, replenish, refresh, etc.The words on the one side challenge those on the other: there is always the question of whether a repetition is a renewal or just an empty, arid copy[...]" (2010: 27)
"Apart from the word 'return', I calculate there are 33 different 're' words in the text I have just read. Here they are, in no particular order:remove, re-enact, reanimate, renew, relate, register, retrospective, repeat, resurrect, recommend, remind, recreate, replace, record, report, represent, revive, regenerate, revitalize, reactivate, revivify, replenish, refresh, recur, remain, realize, reveal, release, reverse, remember, revolve, reflect, rescueI leave you to draw the line where these words begin to be infused with extra charge which connects them with the myth of return and renewal." (2010: 32)
