===== Unlearning Copyright: Collaboration, Piracy and the Commons ====== In this module, we want to unlearn "copyright", that is, a particular social construction consisting of individual authorship, stable works, audiences, personal property, and markets. Not only is this construction far from universal, rather it emerged in Europe of the 18th and 19th century, but it imposes considerable violence on practices that do not fit its categories. For a long time, these have been primarily those rooted in non-western traditions that always had very different concepts of works of art and their social life. Today, in the digital word, the problematic construction of copyright becomes visible in the West, in day-to-day practices as well as in temporary forms of art and culture, which are based on re-use, flexible forms of authorship and abundance beyond markets. We will start with the notion of "unlearning", from post-colonial theory, and move back and forth between non-western and digital cultural practices. The module will be held in English and most texts will be in English. Tuesdays, 17:30 - 21:00, Room 5.K11 Course requirements: * Presence and contribution to discussions in class. * Presentation of text * Written Essay (1-2 pages), Deadline 12.01.2017 ==== 26.09. Introduction : Copyright Law, Unlearning and Epistemic Disobedience ==== **Swiss Copyright law** [[https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/19920251/|Bundesgesetz über das Urheberrecht und verwandte Schutzrechte]] Art 2: "Werke sind, unabhängig von ihrem Wert oder Zweck, geistige Schöpfungen der Literatur und Kunst, die individuellen Charakter haben." Art 6: "Urheber oder Urheberin ist die natürliche Person, die das Werk geschaffen hat." Background: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright_law | History of Copyright]] Wikipedia **Unlearning and Epistemic Disobedience** "‘originality’ is one of the basic expectations of modern control of subjectivity" (Walter Mignolo, 2009) Waibel, Tom (2013): „[[https://wiki.zhdk.ch/fs/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=waibel_-_2013_-_praktiken_des_ungehorsams.pdf | Praktiken des Ungehorsams“]], ZfK - Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften 2, S. 101–105. [[https://wiki.zhdk.ch/fs/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=project_muse_527304.pdf| Toward a De-Colonial Common Sense]] (Review of Walter Mignolo's "The Darker Side of Western Modernity", 2011) Tlostanova, M. V. und Walter Mignolo (2012): [[https://wiki.zhdk.ch/fs/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=mingolo_learning_unlearn_intro.pdf& | Learning to unlearn: decolonial reflections from Eurasia and the Americas, Transoceanic studies]], Columbus: Ohio State University Press. READ p. 12 (last parapgrah) - 17 (first paragraph) **When Art is illegal** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEKl5I_Q044 | Good Copy Bad Copy (2007)]] 0:00 -11:00 ==== 03.10. Beyond Copying: The Curious Case of Louis Vitton & Uncreative Writing ==== Boon, Marcus (2010): [[http://www.hup.harvard.edu/features/in-praise-of-copying | In praise of copying]], Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press. (**Read**: What is a copy?, S12-22, 36-40, **Read** Copying as Appropriation 204 - 237) (Alan)[[http://www.counterfeitchic.com/2008/04/post_13.php | © MURAKAMI]] [[https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/murakami/ | Brooklyn Art Museum, April 5–July 13, 2008]] [[http://www.counterfeitchic.com/2008/07/duplicitous_discount_1.php | Filip Noterdaeme's protest intervention]] [[https://little-pumpkins.blogspot.co.at/2008/04/murakami-louis-vuiiton-brooklin-museum.html | pictures of fake-fake market]] Nadia Plesner: [[http://aandalawblog.blogspot.co.at/2011/03/louis-vuitton-attempts-to-ban-dafurnica.html|DARFURNICA]] (2010) [[http://eyeteeth.blogspot.co.at/2011/03/louis-vuitton-sues-artist-nadia-plesner.html|Law Suit By Louis Vuitton]] (2011) [[http://eyeteeth.blogspot.co.at/2011/04/sued-by-louis-vuitton-nadia-plesner.html|Her statement in court]] (2011). [[http://eyeteeth.blogspot.co.at/2011/05/hague-rules-against-louis-vuitton-in.html|Court rules in her favour]] (2011) Goldsmith, Kenneth. 2011. Uncreative Writing. Managing Language in the Digital Age. New York: Columbia University Press.(https://monoskop.org/media/text/goldsmith_2011_uncreative_writing/) **Read: Introduction & Chapter 5. Why Appropriation?** (Mohamed) [[ https://www.spikeartmagazine.com/en/articles/awareness-critique | "Awareness is critique" An interview with Kenneth Goldsmith]]. Spike Art Magazine, 22.08.2017 ==== 17.10. Non Western Art: Questions of authorship and Ownership. The Case of Aboriginal painting ? ==== **Read** Glaskin, Katie (2011): [[https://wiki.zhdk.ch/fs/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=glaskin_-_2011_-_dreaming_the_thread_from_ritual_to_art_to_propert.pdf | „Dreaming the Thread: From Ritual to Art to Property(s) Between“]], in: Strang, Veronica und Mark Busse (Hrsg.): Ownership and appropriation, Oxford ; New York: Berg Publishers, S. 87–104. (Damian) Bardi Jawi Dancers, 2009 [[https://youtu.be/CC5NIWQXykw|https://youtu.be/CC5NIWQXykw]] Roy Wiggan, [[http://shortstgallery.com.au/artists/778805/roy-wiggan|Profile Short Street Gallery]] Clip, Visit at an Art School, 2011 [[https://youtu.be/yTAxva6vg54|https://youtu.be/yTAxva6vg54]] [[http://www.aboriginal-bark-painting.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/jbb2.jpg| At the Waterhole, John Bulun Bulun]] **Read** [[http://www.colingolvan.com.au/downloads/law-articles-essays/the-protection-of-at-the-waterhole-by-john-bulun-bulun.pdf|The Protection of "At The Waterhole" by John Bulun Bulun (Copyright Case 1989)]] [[http://fs.vmk.zhdk.ch/images/Colin_Golvan_bulun_bulun_excerpt.pdf|Art critic's view. Excerpt of the court documents]] {{ :xiang_-_2015_-_copyleft_appropriation_art_in_china.pdf |}} ==== 7.11. Art, Authorship and Appropriation. Chinese Perspectives ==== Han, Byung-Chul (2011): Shanzai: Dekonstruktion auf Chinesisch, Berlin: Merve. (**Vorbereiten (SASKIA):** Kapitel 2 (Orginal), **Lesen ALLE** Kapitel 3 (Siegel der Musse) **Vorbereiten (SOPHIA):** Kapitel 4 (Kopie,) **Read** Xiang, Liqing. 2015. [[ https://wiki.zhdk.ch/fs/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=xiang_-_2015_-_copyleft_appropriation_art_in_china.pdf|Copyleft Appropriation Art in China]]. [[http://powerstationofart.org/en/exhibition/Copyleft-Appropriation-Art-in-China.html| Exhibition (Aug 15-Nov 15, 2015)]], Shanghai: Power Station of Art. p. 38-78 (Nina, Tim) [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/brother-sharp-%E7%8A%80%E5%88%A9%E5%93%A5 | "Brother Sharp" Meme]] ==== 21. 11. Digital Commons & Abundance ==== **Read:** Felix Stalder [[http://creatingcommons.zhdk.ch/?p=48 | Commons, informational (Dictionary Entry)]] 2017 **Read:** Richard Stallmann [[https://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html | The GNU Manifesto]], 1984 (James & Rafal) **Read:** David Bollier [[http://thenextsystem.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/DavidBollier.pdf | Commoning as a Transformative Social Paradigm]], 2015 (Nathalie, Cynthia, Daniel) **Read** [[http://www.e-flux.com/journal/17/67351/on-the-commons-a-public-interview-with-massimo-de-angelis-and-stavros-stavrides/ | On the Commons: A Public Interview with Massimo De Angelis and Stavros Stavrides]], e-flux 2010 [https://vimeo.com/146224655 | [UN|COMMONS: Yochai Benkler Interview]], 2015 12:00 min Elinor Ostrom [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8CXgBSQhcA | Interview]] start 6.33 ==== 5.12. Artists as Commoner ==== Guest: [[http://artwarez.org/ | Cornelia Sollfrank]] **Read** Sollfrank, Cornelia. 2015. [[http://artwarez.org/projects/GWYDH/SOLLFRANK-NothingNew.pdf | “Kenneth Goldsmith’s Claim to Uncreativity.”]] Pp. 40–50 in No Internet – No Art. A Lunch Byte Anthology, edited by M. Bühler. Eindhoven: Onomatopee. (Ueli, Varun) ==== 12.12. Relational Art and its Discontents ==== **READ ALL:** Nicolas Bourriaud: [[http://www.kim-cohen.com/seth_texts/artmusictheorytexts/Bourriaud%20Relational%20Aesthetics.pdf | Relational Aesthetics]], 1998 (2002). Chapter: Relational Form. s.11-24 (Haquim) **Prepare:** Claire Bischop (2004) [[http://www.marginalutility.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Claire-Bishop_Antagonism-and-Relational-Aesthetics.pdf | Antagonism and Relational Aesthetics]]. OCTOBER 110, Fall 2004, pp. 51–79. (Leonie, Zoe) **Prepare:** Walead Beshty [[https://www.textezurkunst.de/59/neo-avantgarde-and-service-industry | Neo-Avantgarde And Service Industry Notes on the Brave New World of Relational Aesthetics]] Texte zur Kunst, Issue No. 59 / September 2005 "Institutionskritik" (Mario) Ben Lewis: [[http://www.ubu.com/film/relational.html | Art Safari. Is relational art an ism?]] (2004) 29 Min. ==== 16.01. Reading the Papers ==== We will read and discuss the student papers