Freedom
of Expression in the Corporate Age
OCTOBER 3 - NOVEMBER 2, 2003
Calling
all artists, educators, culture jammers, librarians, curious cats
and consumers!
Join
us for this timely multi-media project that explores issues of
copyright and free speech in an age of increasing control over
the flow of information.
For
more info about Media Tank's Creative
Rights Conference...
About
Based on a touring multi-media show that opened to rave reviews
in New York, DC, Chicago and San Francisco, the Illegal Art Exhibit
is coming to Philly and is the centerpiece of our month-long Extravaganza!
As
laws governing “intellectual property” become more expansive,
artists increasingly need legal experts to help sort them out.
Borrowing from other artworks—as jazz musicians did in the
1930’s and Looney Tunes animators did in the 40’s—could
now land you in court. If the current copyright laws had been
in effect then, whole genres such as collage, Pop Art, and Hip
Hop might never have existed. Laws rooted in the U.S. Constitution
that were meant to facilitate the exchange of ideas are now being
used to stifle it.
Does
the expansion of intellectual property law inevitably have a silencing
effect, discouraging the creation of new works? When do the First
Amendment and “intellectual property”
law collide? What is art’s future
if current laws and precedents are allowed to stand? What is the
public domain and why is it important? How do these policies affect
our culture beyond the arts—academics, culture workers and
consumers?
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Sponsors
The Illegal Art Extravaganza is presented by Media Tank, Nexus
Gallery, and Film at the Prince.
Cosponsored
by Stay Free!, PIFVA, Temple University's Department of Film & Media
Arts and DUTV
Special
thanks to Carrie McLaren and Stay Free! Magazine
