It’s been open since 2nd March and now the second part of Permission Taken, taking place at the Bramall Music Building at University of Birmingham, had its launch event on 7th April from 17:30 – 19:30.
Many thanks to everyone that turned up and heard my short speech and drank all the wine. The exhibition continues at the Bramall Music Building until 30th May.
It’s been open since 2nd March and now the second part of Permission Taken, taking place at the Bramall Music Building at University of Birmingham, will be having its launch event on 7th April from 17:30 – 19:30.
Join us this Thursday 7 April in the Bramall Music Building from 17.30 for the launch of Permission Taken! This exhibition displays work by Antonio Roberts created during his 2014/15 artist-residency at the University of Birmingham. Roberts focused on issues surrounding copyright, permission culture and art: issues which become ever more pertinent as online communities become more prolific and harder to police.
This iteration of the exhibition presents some of the work exhibited at Birmingham Open Media alongside works made for the Remix Party! in addition to a reinterpretation of Dead Copyright.
Photo by Greg Milner
Please RSVP to rcc@contacts.bham.ac.uk if you wish to attend. The exhibition continues until 30th May.
I’m happy to announce that the second part of Permission Taken will be taking place from 2nd March – 30th May at the Bramall Music Building at the University of Birmingham
This exhibition displays work by Antonio Roberts created during his 2014/15 artist-residency at the University of Birmingham. Roberts focused on issues surrounding copyright, permission culture and art: issues which become ever more pertinent as online communities become more prolific and harder to police.
The exhibition includes gifs and videos created by Roberts and other artists using images from the Research and Cultural Collections. Whilst his practice focuses on digitally reusing and remixing archive material, Roberts uses his work to encourage audiences to engage with issues such as the ownership of art and intellectual property rights. In doing so, he highlights the possibilities of a future where Free Culture and Open Source ideologies are adopted.
The exhibition features work originally shown at Birmingham Open Media alongside a reworking of Dead Copyright made for this exhibition. Alongside the exhibition there will be a series of workshops as part of the Arts and Science Festival.
In addition to everything else, since July I’ve been an artist in residence at the University of Birmingham. I’ve been quietly writing about the project over on its own dedicated blog, and on 5th December there will be a chance to meet me and Matt Westbrook, the other artist in residence, in meatspace and discuss our respective projects.
The University’s new artists in residence, Antonio Roberts and Matt Westbrook, will be holding an open studio to introduce their work and discuss potential collaboration opportunities.
Join us for drinks and nibbles on Friday December 5th 12.00 – 14.00, 32 Pritchatts Road
For more details of the artist’s work and areas of research see the AiR webpage.
Please RSVP to rcc@contacts.bham.ac.uk
If you’re at all interested in remix culture, copyright and how it can impact your work come and talk!