This past Wednesday night, our long talked about exhibition opened at Intersection for the Arts.
Determining Domain is an investigation of intellectual property issues like infringement, appropriation, derivative works and parody/satire and the tangled web artists have found themselves in since appropriation and/or "borrowing" has become a ubiquitous part of the contemporary artist's palette. All the artists featured in the show are re-purposing, satirizing or paying homage to the work of another for a wide range of reasons, with great results. I hope that everyone enjoys the photos below, and can make it to the gallery to view the real thing.
Marc H. Greenberg will be doing a lecture about issues in IP at Intersection on 12/8 (Sat) from 1-3. There will also be a workshop on copyright basics (how to register, etc) for artists on 1/16 from 7-9 led by IP attorney Inder Comar.
Determining Domain.
November 7, 2012 – January 19, 2013
Gallery & Community Hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays, 12–6pm, FREE
Intersection's
5M gallery is in the San Francisco Chronicle building at 5th &
Mission. See their site for directions, artist's bios (with links to their web sites) and other info. I was happy to see the show listed as a
"can't miss" in today's SF Chronicle!
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| Scott Kildall & Nathaniel Stern, Wikipedia Art & Farnaz Shadravan's Apocalyptic bathtubs. |
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Detail of one of Farnaz Shadravan's Apocalyptic bathtubs based on Albrecht
Dürer’s late 15th Century woodcut series. |
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| Marc H. Greenberg & Farnaz Shadravan |
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| Two collages by Bigface. |
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| Work from Sanaz Mazinani's Frames of the Visible series. |
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| The exhibit includes several monitors that show artist's work that has been "borrowed" for commercials and other media, and wall panels explaining what the law is and showing examples from famous cases. |
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| An example panel on parody and satire, written by Kim Munson & Marc H. Greenberg. |
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Stephanie Syjuco. Raiders, which repurposes digital photos of antiquities of questionable provenance
from a museum web site. |
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Scott Tsuchitani's visual commentary on the Geisha &
Samurai shows at the SF Asian Art Museum. |
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Scott Kildall & Nathaniel Stern, Wikipedia Art. The display includes the dialog between the artists
and Wikipedia, who sued them for infringement.
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A wall of posters featuring free digital books about IP issues & piracy,
curated by Stephanie Syjuco. |
