Loopholing: Copying Towards Common Ground

Throughout our lives, we act as human copy machines. Copying is a central act in learning and how we position ourselves in relation to each other. For the copy/paste generation, copying is also an instinctive aspect of technology.
Yet legal and hierarchical structures prevent copying from existing freely in the Western world, prioritising the protection of production over the right to participation in the cultural dialogue.
Using loopholes within intellectual property (IP) legislation, Anna Oxholm Iversen materialises these restrictions. Viewing copies not as a form of plagiarism but as possible fruitful translations, ‘Loopholing’ performs the boundaries of IP and tests loopholing methodologies in favour of participation.