Bootlegging.
A guide to the use of the term: copy, tribute, quote, appropriation, authenticity, counterfeit, subversion,
and copyright issues.
and copyright issues.
The book shows the various contexts of the bootlegging practice, starting from its different definitions and historical background. Works and objects presented in
this publication stand out from ordinary counterfeits and show the different faces of practice.
this publication stand out from ordinary counterfeits and show the different faces of practice.
Over time, the term bootlegging has evolved beyond the concept of copyright infringement to describe a creative act, a practice comparable to a real artistic movement, with its own philosophy, goals and a recognizable aesthetic.
This project aims to investigate how artists and designers have used this practice
in their work consciously, creating and transmitting new meanings, in order to rediscover the past, pay homage, create new aesthetics and connections, bring out the issue of copyright and distribution in the digital age, where these concepts assume often blurry and not well defined tones.
in their work consciously, creating and transmitting new meanings, in order to rediscover the past, pay homage, create new aesthetics and connections, bring out the issue of copyright and distribution in the digital age, where these concepts assume often blurry and not well defined tones.
This book was designed by Marta Adamkowska and Sara Ceradini
at ISIA Urbino and is the result of research carried out
for Design and Graphic Culture course, led by Silvia Sfligiotti.
at ISIA Urbino and is the result of research carried out
for Design and Graphic Culture course, led by Silvia Sfligiotti.
