| Corrado Morgana on Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:00:38 +0200 (CEST) |
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Open Congress Creativity and the public domain Friday 7th Saturday 8th October 2005, 11am - 5pm. Tate Britain, Millbank London SW1P 4RG Inspired by Free Software, which challenges conventional practices of authorship, ownership and distribution, this innovative congress explores the implications of those developments for art, visual culture and cultural production in general. Taking place across two days, the Congress will be structured through three themes of Governance, Creativity and Knowledge; and an array of international and UK participants - artists, theorists, academics and activists - will shape Open Congress through presentations, discussion, workshops and events. The Congress includes Cory Doctorow - from the EFF, Lawrence Liang - Alternative Law Foundation, Mckenzie Wark - A Hacker Manifesto, Johanna Gibson, Libre Society, Trebor Scholz - The Institute of Distributed Creativity, Tiziana Terranova, Talkaoke, and Wireless London among many others. For more details visit the website http://opencongress.omweb.org <http://opencongress.omweb.org/> In collaboration with Chelsea College of Art and Design, Node.l, Wireless London, Mute, and Tate Digital Programmes. Initiated by Critical Practice at Chelsea College of Art and Design booking details: Tate booking: 020 7887 8888 http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/eventseducation/symposia/opencongresscreativi tyandthepublicdomain4022.htm ?20 (?15 concessions) # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]