Wizards of OS 3
The Future of the Digital Commons
01-06-04 12:00:00

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Anti-Copright Art: The "Public Library" Exhibition

Wizards of OS 3
The Future of the Digital Commons
June 10 - 12, 2004
Berlin Congress Center

ANTI-COPYRIGHT ART: THE "PUBLIC LIBRARY" EXHIBITION

With the "Public Library" exhibition in the upper foyer of the Berlin Congress Center, the Wizards of OS 3 conference presents works by eight artists and artist groups addressing free access to information and knowledge. From early movements such as Situationism, mail art and plunderphonics to net and software art, the widely ranging palette includes such artists as the Situationist International, Lloyd Dunn, Cornelia Sollfrank, Alvar Freude and Sebastian Lütgert. All works on display are either under free license or subject to no copyright at all.

On the panel, "Art and Anti-Copyright Activism" (June 10, 1 pm), four of the artists taking part in the exhibition will also talk with the curators, Inke Arns and Florian Cramer, about the evolution of this topic over the last twenty years from the underground to the mainstream: How have digital technology and new media affected anti-copyright art or even developed a new culture? What unique forms and aesthetics have emerged? What relevance will copyright-critical art take on in the future?