Once again, those in the Berkeley area are the lucky ones:
------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------- Takeovers and Makeovers: Artistic Appropriation, Fair Use, and Copyright in the Digital Age http://bcnm.berkeley.edu/takeovers/ On November 7 & 8, 2008, the University of California, Berkeley will hold a symposium on appropriation rights in the digital era entitled: Takeovers & Makeovers: Artistic Appropriation, Fair Use, and Copyright in the Digital Age. This event will bring together artists, lawyers, art historians, and representatives from the information technology community to discuss the changing field of appropriation art in the wake of the emergence of new digital media technologies that have radically altered access to and manipulation of information. Takeovers & Makeovers: Artistic Appropriation, Fair Use, and Copyright in the Digital Age November 7th and 8th, 2008 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley Art Museum 2621 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704 Full program at: http://bcnm.berkeley.edu/takeovers/ Friday November 7, 2008 10:00 Welcome 10:15-11:00 An Introduction to Appropriation in Art David Evans (Professor of Art History, Arts Institute at Bournemouth) 11:00 -12:15 Copyright in the Digital Age: Best Practices for the Arts/Myths of Fair Use Fred Von Lohmann (Senior Staff Attorney, The Electronic Frontier Foundation) Michael Mandiberg (Artist, New York) Jason Schultz (Associate Director, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic) 1:45-2:45 "The Name of This Band Is <STRIKE>Talking Heads</STRIKE> MTAA" Presentation by MTAA (M. River & T. Whild, Aritsts New York) 3:00-4:30 Keynote: "Reclaiming the Commons" Tom McDonough (Professor of Art History, SUNY Binghamton) Response Virginia Rutledge (Special Counsel, Creative Commons, Chair, Art Law Committee, New York City Bar Association) Saturday November 8, 2008 10:00 Welcome 10:15-11:15 Fixity and Remix/Participatory Culture Abigail de Kosnik (Professor of New Media and Performance Studies, UC Berkeley) Larisa Mann (Jurisprudence Scholar, Boalt School of Law) 11:15-12:15 Conversation with Candice Breitz Anne Wagner (Professor of Art History, UC Berkeley) & Candice Breitz (Artist, Professor of Fine Art, Braunschweig University of Art) 1:15-2:15 Archives and Museums in the Digital Age Rick Prelinger (Co-Founder, The Prelinger Library & Board President, The Internet Archive) Richard Rinehart (Digital Media Director and Adjunct Curator, Berkeley Art Museum) 2:15-3:00 Media Banditry in the Digital Age Presentation by The Billboard Liberation Front 3:00-4:00 Take-Over/Make-Over: Hacktivism Reconsidered Peter Krapp, (Professor, Film & Media Studies, School of Humanities UC Irvine) Marisa Olson, (Artist, Curator at Large, Rhizome; Ph.D. Candidate, Rhetoric/Film Studies, UC Berkeley) Conference Organizers: Erica Levin (Ph.D. Candidate, Film Studies, UC Berkeley) Tara McDowell (Ph.D. Candidate, Art History, UC Berkeley) Kris Paulsen (Ph.D. Candidate, Rhetoric, UC Berkeley) ________________________________________
