Copy this Workshop is an interactive workshop in which you discover the concepts underlying intellectual property and how they apply in your practice. How do you get copyright? For what work? And for how long? How does copyright move across mediums, and how can you go about integrating the work of others? Because they get copyright too!
Date: Thursday, October 24th,
Time: 09:30-13h
Location: Onomatopee, Lucas Gasselstraat 2a, 5613 LB Eindhoven
Language: EN
Price: 15 Euros, 25 Euros with a copy of Copy this book
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Artists and designers today are increasingly confronted with legal issues. Legally speaking, popular artistic strategies such as citation and appropriation can amount to copyright infringement. Even well-established artists aren’t always aware of the implications of copyright, as was demonstrated in the high-profile case of Belgian painter Luc Tuymans, who infringed upon photographer Katrien van Giel’s copyright. Given the increasing ease with which images circulate, it becomes ever more necessary for artists to apprehend the legal status of their works. As new EU legislation pushes online platforms globally towards automated scanning of uploads (Article 13), artists are more likely to be impacted when their artistic creation oversteps legal boundaries.
In the workshop we will explore the different ways artists and designers can resolve such conflicts, including options that are neither as costly nor as time consuming as lawsuits.
Another vital role of copyright for artists and designers is the leverage it provides when negotiating with publishers, agents and other intermediaries. Having others represent you as an artist requires a copyright deal. Copy This Workshop will introduce the different possible types of copyright licensing and assignment available.
Through a mixture of a presentation, sharing of knowledge and interactive workshop with Eric Schrijver the author of Copy this Book, an artist’s guide to copyright (Onomatopee, 2018). You will also learn by sharing your experiences and knowledge of the market with the other participants. You are encouraged to bring an object or work you have created in order to understand the possibilities and limitations of IP protection and exploitation.
If you are a creative professional or recent graduate who wants to gain more information about your professional rights when it comes to copying and being copied, this workshop is a must for you. It’s also relevant to artists & designers who want to understand their rights when negotiating with clients, galleries, publishers and distributors.
Keep in mind spaces are limited for this workshop! So make sure to book your place far in advance!
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ABOUT ERIC SCHRIJVER
Eric Schrijver is a Dutch interaction designer, artist and author, born in Amsterdam in 1984. From 2011 to 2017 he was a core member of the graphic design collective Open Source Publishing. Eric is the author of “Copy This Book: an artist’s guide to copyright” (Onomatopee, 2018).
ABOUT THE ARTIST AND THE OTHERS
The Artist and the Others is an initiative based on the importance of arts for our society and the benefit of shared knowledge. The foundation, initiated in 2013, supports young artists and cultural professionals during their career in the cultural field. Our goal is to overcome the difficulties that artists and cultural professionals encounter in the first years after their studies. A critical period when is pivotal to establish professional connections, and develop the knowledge and necessary skills to boost their future career.