[spectre] COPY CAT - at the Arhus Art Academy, September 23 - October 3, 2003

[geert lovink]

David Shrigley, Henry VIII's Wives, Palle Nielsen, Stig Sjölund, V3TO,
Space Campaign, Kristine Kemp, Ross Birrell, Andrea Jespersen, Jeroen de
Rijke and Willem de Rooij, Jakob Boeskov, Björn Hegardt, Dana Byerly,
David Osbaldeston, Aaron Gach, neuroTransmitter, Jesse Bercowetz, N55,
Marc Fischer, Josh MacPhee, God Bless Graffiti Coalition, Santiago
Sierra, Kirsten Dufour and Finn Thybo Anderson, Anthony Elms, Jes
Brinch, Gregory Sholette, Salem Collo-Julin, Aldo Valdez, Keith Pirlot,
Ellen Nyman, Dan S. Wang, Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen, Søren Andreasen,
Gardar Eide Einarsson, Pavel Büchler, Dana Byerly, Rev. Ethan Acres,
Sofie Thorsen, Elsebeth Jørgensen, Stephen Cuzner, Henrik Olesen, Jakob
Kolding, Anje Franke

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Copy Cat relies on the free flow of art and information; projects are
explicitly for copying and re-distribution. The recipients are asked to
give the work an afterlife of their own choice. The invitation to
contributors was to produce work for Copy Cat that begs to be further
reproduced, distributed, interpreted and dealt with. Work is only fully
implemented when the user has photocopied it from the pages, distributed
it in the context they see fit, or is encouraged by the work to act.
With its artistic shareware, Copy Cat seeks to activate others - make
them feel like they have a stake in extending and adding new layers to
the projects. In short, Copy Cat projects are at the same time activist
and intimate. There are many historical examples of this kind of
initiative, distribution ethos and culture. This strategy is not ours,
but copied. We feel compelled to give energy back to systems of
distribution and reception that aren't for personal profit or gain.

Over sixty persons have been invited to contribute to Copy Cat. They are
a mix of artists, activists, collaborators and others coming from
diverse backgrounds. Copy Cat will be presented at the gallery of the
Art Academy of Aarhus, Denmark, in September and at Mess Hall, in
Chicago, early next year.

Lars Bang Larsen and Brett Bloom