La obra ‘Kournikova’ critica las leyes de propiedad intelectual
Anna Kournikova, la Sirenita y Mowgly son algunos de los personajes reinterpretados con técnicas de 'sampleado', copia, apropiación y plagio
R. B. / S. C. 18/09/2008
CiberpaÃs
Año 2067, los diarios anuncian la muerte de la ex tenista y modelo Anna Kournikova eliminada con un potente rayo láser enviado desde un satélite, por haber sido erróneamente confundida con una imitación de sà misma.
El terrible incidente ha sido posible porque, según elucubra el artista estadounidense David Rice, en el futuro las estrellas como Kournikova, patentarán su aspecto fÃsico y se protegerán de las copias a través de un sistema vÃa satélite capaz de identificar y eliminar los parecidos no autorizados.
Anna Kournikova Deleted By Memeright Trusted System
Art in the Age of Intellectual Property
PHOENIX Halle Dortmund, July 19 - October 19, 2008
‘You can’t use it without my permission ... I’m gonna sue your ass!’ shouts Disney’s Little Mermaid with the angry voice of a copyright lawyer in the video Gimme the Mermaid (4:49 min., 2000).
The video by Negativland and Tim Maloney, situated at the exhibition entrance, is only one of more than twenty works included in ‘Anna Kournikova Deleted By Memeright Trusted System: Art in the Age of Intellectual Property’, an exhibition presented by Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV) It is part of Arbeit 2.0 – copyright and creative work in the digital age, one of thirteen projects in Germany funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation focusing on ‘The Future of Labour.’ In the framework of Arbeit 2.0, HMKV – together with the Berlin-based collaborative partner iRights.info/mikro e.V. – explores the relationships between creative work, intellectual property law, and technology (www.iRights.info).
Armed citizen
1998/2006 Website with linked images www.irational.org/tttp/Crypto/armed1.html Presented in the exhibition with large-format DVD slide projection and Folder Presented in the exhibition as an upgrade of almost 100 images, the internet project Armed Citizen shows a series of 17 small arms. No information is
Language (property)
1997 Website with trademarked sentences linked with URLs www.irational.org/tttp/TM/trademark.html Presented in the exhibition as wall installation Daniel GarcÃa Andújar – the Spanish media artist better known by his company name Technologies To The People — almost ten years ago created with Language (property) a
Heimatwechsel (Change of Home)
International Student Workshop Â
10 July – 10 August 2004
PhoenixHalle Dortmund
with
Antoni Muntadas
Daniel GarcÃa Andújar
Bettina Lockemann
The Project
"Heimatwechsel" is an interdisciplinary 4-week workshop for students specialising in the areas of design, visual communication, art, media and culture sciences. The tutors of the workshop are three internationally renowned artists from the USA, Spain and Germany: Antoni Muntadas, Daniel GarcÃa Andújar and Bettina Lockemann.
Awards and Acknowledgements
1997 Online display of awards for the TTTP website www.irational.org/tttp/Awards/awards.html Presented in the exhibition with framed printouts of the logos A long list of awards conceivably and inconceivably bestowed on the Technologies To The People website which, as its makers would have us believe,
