Modern Authorship: Richard Prince and Monkey Selfies
Through the dissection of two case studies, this panel will explore (a) what authorship means in today’s culture and (b) how the law is interacting with artistic expression that is pushing the bounds of what we’d traditionally define as authorship. First, we will begin our exploration by discussing a shift in fair use doctrine that has allowed artists like Richard Prince to appropriate others’ images (see his New Portraits installation) with little legal risk. Second, we will examine the Copyright Office’s recent micro-examination of images created by non-human means, including the infamous monkey-selfie case.
Presenters
Elisa Kreisinger
Exec Prod
Refinery29
Elisa Kreisinger is a Brooklyn-based video artist hacking pop culture. She is currently the Executive Producer of Video at Refinery29 and a Women in Technology Fellow at NYU School of Engineering.
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Iliya Fridman
Dir/Owner
Fridman Gallery
Iliya founded Fridman Gallery in 2013 as a venue for contemporary culture. The gallery has an ongoing program of sound performances and multimedia installations, in addition to regularly scheduled ...
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Founder
Legal Hackers
Phil is an attorney who specializes in copyright, trademark, production clearance, advertising compliance, cyberlaw, corporate transactions and software licensing. Phil is an adjunct professor at h...
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Artist/Designer
Glitch Textiles
Based in Brooklyn, NY, Stearns’s work is centered on the use of electronic technologies and electronic media to explore dynamic relationships between ideas and material as mobilized within complex ...
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