by Jon Lackman | 21 February 2007 | Conferences
Responding to the CAA panel on copyright, Blogger Mike Madison puts forward the idea that “copyright law is constituent of the artistic process, not external to it, and via fair use (among other doctrines) copyright offers a crucible for mediating between multiple conceptions of ‘art’ … Christo endured years of zoning battles with local authorities before erecting his ‘Running Fence’ in Sonoma County, California. He later said: ‘It’s hard to explain that the work is not only the fabric, steel poles, or Fence. Everybody here [at the zoning hearing] is part of my work. Even those who don’t want to be are part of my work.’”
