Visiting Curator Lecture: Alana Kushnir
18 November, 2014 | FREE EVENT
New Age IP Wars: The Battles of Art, Technology and the Law
Curator and lawyer, Alana Kushnir, brings her unique experiences in London and Melbourne to bear in this lecture about how legal issues can affect contemporary art practices influenced by the internet. Kushnir will discuss in-depth case studies of recent net art and post-internet art works that actively engage with the possibilities and limitations of intellectual property law. Including examples by artists such as Rafaël Rozendaal, Jeremy Bailey, Artie Vierkant and Eva and Franco Mattes, Kushnir demonstrates a growing interest in the use of internet technology as a means to challenge the law and encourage reforms.
- Location
PICA Performance Space
- Date & Time
Tuesday 18 November, 6pm
- FREE EVENT
Alana Kushnir (b. 1985 AUS) is a curator and art lawyer based in Melbourne. She received her BA in Art History and her LLB (Bachelor of Laws), each with First Class Honours, from the University of Melbourne in 2008. She received her MFA in Curating from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2013. Her research is concerned with the relationship between curatorial theory and practice, and how contemporary art, curating and fashion practices intersect with the law.
Curated exhibitions and other curatorial projects include Tabularium at Slopes, Melbourne (2014), #FFF with Eloïse Bonneviot online at alpha60projects.org (2013), Open Curator Studio at Artspace, Sydney and online at joeyholder.com (2013), Fourth Plinth: Contemporary Monument at the ICA, London (2012 – 2013), Paraproduction at Boetzelaer|Nispen Gallery, Amsterdam (2012), TV Dinners at BUS Projects, Melbourne (2012), Acoustic Mirrors (co-curator) at the Zabludowicz Collection, London (2012). Forthcoming exhibitions include Collection+: Christian Thompson at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney (2015). She has presented her curatorial research in a wide range of contemporary art publications and academic journals, including the Journal of Curatorial Studies and Leonardo Electronic Almanac.