copyright

  • No Copyright Infringement Intended Curator’s Tour, 11th May

    On 11th May I’ll be conducting a curator’s tour of the No Copyright Exhibition currently on at Phoenix in Leicester Join No Copyright Infringement Intended curator Antonio Roberts for a guided tour of the exhibition, followed by a chance to ask questions about the show. The tour will be preceded by a short presentation…

  • Copyright as Frame and Prison: A Public Discussion, 28th April

    On 28th April from 18:30 to 20:30 there will be panel discussion, Copyright as Frame and Prison, to coincide with the No Copyright Infringement Intended exhibition currently on at Phoenix in Leicester. Alongside our exhibition No Copyright Infringement Intended, this discussion will highlight the disruptive power of technological innovation on culture and copyright. Using…

  • Imperica – Copyright, Culture, and Creativity

    Imperica recently released the first issue of its digital magazine. I’m happy to have contributed an article called Copyright, Culture, and Creativity. The article focuses on how large commercial corporations appropriate and exploit internet cultures and aesthetics. Beginning to understand copyright on even a basic level can be a career in itself and take…

  • No Copyright Infringement Intended, 7th April – 21st May

    I’m happy to announce that I’ll be curating the No Copyright Infringement Intended exhibition at the Cube Gallery at Phoenix, Leicester, taking place from 7th April – 21st May. No Copyright Infringement Intended is a group exhibition exploring the relationship between copyright and culture in the digital age, investigating how the concept of ownership…

  • Elephant Magazine – Logos & Protest

    The latest issue of Elephant Magazine is out and is focused on brands and copyright: I’m With The Brand Are brands out to get us? Could our food, sartorial, satirical and political choices now all be considered as brand alliances? Most importantly, do we secretly really love the idea of being defined in this…

  • OpenGLAM – Copyright, free culture and art

    OpenGLAM published a feature on my Permission Taken exhibition on their site on 9th May. It talks not only about the exhibition but also on the need to communicate issues surrounding copyright in a variety of ways: Copyright is an incredibly important law that can have massive implications on individual artists and the cultural…

  • Permission Taken launch, 7th April

    It’s been open since 2nd March and now the second part of Permission Taken, taking place at the Bramall Music Building at University of Birmingham, will be having its launch event on 7th April from 17:30 – 19:30. Join us this Thursday 7 April in the Bramall Music Building from 17.30 for the launch…

  • What rights in Copyright? Interview with Filippo Lorenzin

    Following the opening of the Common Property exhibition at Jerwood Visual Arts I was interviewed by Filippo Lorenzin about the exhibition and my views on copyright in general. On 8th February this interview was published on the Furtherfield website. I think Copyright as a whole is in a terrible state. As Cory Doctorow suggests…

  • Copyright and Intellectual Property at London Art Fair

    On 21st January I went to London Art Fair to take part in a discussion about Copyright and Intellectual Property and the Common Property exhibition at Jerwood Space. If you weren’t there, or you were and wanted to refresh your memory, the audio is now online. The discussion featured myself, Hannah Pierce, Curator of…

  • Copyright and Intellectual Property, 21st January

    On 21st January I’ll be in London for a discussion about Copyright and Intellectual Property at London Art Fair This panel discussion will consider how contemporary artists contend with issues of copyright and intellectual property in their practice, taking the most recent Jerwood Encounters exhibition, Common Property, as its starting point. Panel: Hannah Pierce,…