Open Tate: Creativity and the Public Domain
(Inspired by a post on Auke Touwslager's Informationlab.) Just got back from London where I attended several interesting events, that I've already blogged to the IMD's Wireless Page. The last of these events was Open Congress: Creativity and the Public Domain, which took place at the Tate Britain on the 6th and 7th of October. From their site: "The impact on creative practice of the extraordinary development of Open Source software – free computer programs that anyone can modify and redistribute – has revitalised wider interest in collaborative creativity, the public domain and the openness of public institutions. This event explores, through its structure and content, how Open Source-inspired methods can transform art and its institutions by challenging conventional practices of authorship, ownership and distribution. International and British artists, theorists, academics and activists come together for lectures and workshops in spaces throughout the gallery." The event was put on collaboration with Chelsea College of Art and Design, NODE.L, Wireless London, and Mute.