Conference

Overview

As art and technology continue to increase their mutual impact on both creative practice and technological innovations, issues surrounding ownership and collaboration emerge as central themes. Issues regarding the intersection of technological resources and creative development demand the interests of companies and artists alike, while intellectual property experts continue to navigate the shifting definitions of ownership. The question of how the processes of creative innovation are helped or hindered by ownership will be explored by leaders in the fields of the arts, technology, and intellectual property.

A provisional list of panel participants includes, but is not limited to:
Bronac Ferran (Director of Interdisciplinary Arts, Arts Council of England)
James Leach (Research Fellow in Anthropology, King's College, Cambridge)
Samuelle Carlson (Anthropologist, Cambridge)
Don Polden (Dean and Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law)
Tyler Ochoa (Professor of Law, specializing in IP, Santa Clara University School of Law)
Dawn Nafus (People & Practices Lab, Intel Research)
Alan Blackwell (Senior Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction, Cambridge)
Matt Ratto (Researcher, Virtual Knowledge Studio, the Netherlands)
Bani Bannerjee (Designer/Curator, IDEO)
Ashok Sukumaran (ISEA artist/ Montalvo resident/ Sun Artists in Residence)
Ben Hooker (ISEA artist/Montalvo resident/ Intel Artist in Residence)

The conference will open with the short film "Disown it: a Film about Art, Software, and Intellectual Property." Following is a synopsis of the film:
Is intellectual property law institutionalizing a model of creativity that misunderstands, fundamentally, how creative networks operate? This short documentary focuses on creative practitioners in art (mostly new media) and software (mostly open source) to ask: can the market models that guide IP law today explain why they do what they do, or does creativity ultimately exceed and expose the limitations of market-based analysis?