LAUREL PTAK

Curator, NYC + STHLM


Right now thinking about intellectual property, art's
relationship to labor, the possibilities and limits of
online space as a deterritorialized form of public space

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‘Like the English Language, Formulae of Newtonian Physics, the Works of Shakespeare, and Patents Over Powered Flight’ is a collaboration with artist David Horvitz and the 2010 graduating class of Bard College’s MFA program. Project invited emerging artists to reflect on the relationship between their artworks, intellectual property, and culture-at-large. Resulted in the release of 25 artworks into the public domain, compilation of a pirated critical reader, and donation of artworks to the Red Hook Public Library, August 2010.

‘Like the English Language, Formulae of Newtonian Physics, the Works of Shakespeare, and Patents Over Powered Flight’ is a collaboration with artist David Horvitz and the 2010 graduating class of Bard College’s MFA program. Project invited emerging artists to reflect on the relationship between their artworks, intellectual property, and culture-at-large. Resulted in the release of 25 artworks into the public domain, compilation of a pirated critical reader, and donation of artworks to the Red Hook Public Library, August 2010.