Art and Law
| Module title | Art and Law |
|---|---|
| Module code | LAW3102 |
| Academic year | 2019/0 |
| Credits | 15 |
| Module staff | Dr Andrea Wallace (Convenor) |
| Duration: Term | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: Weeks | 11 |
| Number students taking module (anticipated) | 20 |
|---|
Module description
Art and Law is a course that examines how art engages with and is influenced by a breadth of legal areas including but not limited to intellectual property law, cultural heritage law, information law, contract law, criminal law, public international law, and private international law.
Through various sources, both traditional and alternative, you will explore how the law and its intersecting components function (or dysfunction) during the generation of cultural content, especially in an online environment. The ‘reading list’ will include films and documentaries, online articles and exhibitions, social media accounts, and case law and scholarly commentary on emerging issues in art and law. Through innovative teaching and assessment methods, you will develop and strengthen your capacity for analytical, critical, and imaginative thinking, which are essential skills for effective and persuasive argumentation, legal or otherwise.
Students will not be required to have prior knowledge or to have taken any pre-requisites or co-requisites for this module, which is suitable for specialist and non-specialist students and will be particularly useful for students who are interested in developing an interdisciplinary approach to studies.
Module aims - intentions of the module
- The key aim of the module is to provide you with the opportunity to explore the rich relationship between various areas of law through art, thereby deepening your understanding of the intersections of law in general and especially its impact on cultural and social development.
- The module also aims to provide you with interdisciplinary learning opportunities that will generate rich and stimulating engagements both with the material and peers.
- With a portion of the assessment based on a creative work, the module aims to develop and strengthen your appreciation of how the law filters and facilitates cultural production. The essay component of the assessment criteria aims to enhance critical thinking and creative argumentation skills.
- Throughout the module, you will be challenged to nurture creative and analytical capacities that are particularly valued by employers.
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
ILO: Module-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 1. Demonstrate coherent and advanced knowledge and understanding of the relationship between law and cultural production
- 2. Demonstrate a thorough and critical knowledge and understanding of various areas of law and visual arts scholarship, using a wide range of appropriate concepts, interpretative techniques and terminology
- 3. Think critically and creatively through the production of an artistic output based on the application and critical analysis of relevant law and its practical application
ILO: Discipline-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 4. Exercise critical thinking, judgment, and analysis concerning the assumptions and aspirations of law
- 5. Select and explain relevant information from primary and secondary legal sources using appropriate interpretative techniques
- 6. Engage with legal materials as a critical and creative reader
ILO: Personal and key skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 7. Identify, retrieve and use, independently and efficiently, a range of library-based and electronic resources with minimum guidance
- 8. Manage time independently and efficiently in preparing for learning activities, to be proactive in developing your own learning, and to work independently within a limited time frame to complete a specified task
Syllabus plan
While the module’s precise content will vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Introduction to Art and Law
- Access to the Public Domain
- Reuse of the Public Domain
- Creativity in Art and the Law
- Art and the Internet
- Art and Social Media
- Art and Innovation
- Art and Appropriation
- Graffiti and the Law
- Performance Art and Law
- Indigenous Artifacts and Cultural Content
Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | 113 | 0 |
Details of learning activities and teaching methods
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 16.5 | 11 x 1.5 hour Lectures |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 15 | 5 x 3 hour Seminars |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activities | 5.5 | Film/on-site field trip activities |
| Guided independent study | 55 | 5 hours of reading before each lecture |
| Guided independent study | 30 | Seminar preparation |
| Guided Independent Study | 5 | Formative preparation |
| Guided Independent study | 23 | Consolidation of learning |
Formative assessment
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short piece of creative work in the form of reuse of online material and reflective commentary in preparation of summative creative piece | Image + 250-500 words | 1-8 | Written comments; oral feedback available upon request |
Summative assessment (% of credit)
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
Details of summative assessment
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendance and Participation | 10 | Must attend 80% of the course, engage in Lecture and Seminars | 1-6 | Oral (throughout the course) |
| Creative work of two elements: (1) a creative work; and (2) reflective commentary on the work | 45 | e.g., appropriation or reuse of online content and 1,000-word commentary assessing its legality | 1-8 | Written and oral (through the engaged critique method) |
| Essay | 45 | 48-hour turnaround, 2,000 word essay | 1-8 | Written comments; oral feedback available on request |
| 0 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| 0 |
Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attendance and Participation | See note below | 1-6 | NA |
| Creative work of two elements: (1) a creative works; and (2) reflective commentary on the work | Creative work of two elements: (1) a creative work; and (2) reflective | 1-8 | August/September reassessment period |
| Essay | Essay (2000 words) | 1-8 | August/September re-assessment period |
Re-assessment notes
Attendance and participation mark will not be reassessed. This mark will be carried through from the term.
Indicative learning resources - Basic reading
Books, chapters, and articles
Beilstein S, Permissions: A Survival Guide, Blunt Talk about Art as Intellectual Property (2006)
Gerstenblith P, Art, Cultural Heritage, and the Law (2012)
Kaplan S, ‘Technoheritage’ (2017) 105 California Law Review 1111
Krews C, ‘Museum Policies and Art Images: Conflicting Objective and Copyright Overreaching’ (2012) 22 Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal 795
Lessig L, Remix: Making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy (2008)
Op den Kamp C and Hunter S, A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects (2018)
Sanderhoff M, Sharing is Caring (2014)
Schubert K and McClean D, Dear Images: Art, Copyright and Culture
Stokes S, Art and Copyright (2012)
Teilmann-Lock S, The Object of Copyright: A Conceptual History of Originals and Copies in Literature, Art and Design (Routledge 2016)
Wallace A and Deazley R, Display At Your Own Risk: An experimental investigation of digital cultural heritage (2016)
Won Yin Wong W, Van Gogh on Demand: China and the Readymade (2013)
Audiovisual reources
Banksy, Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
Don Argott, The Art of the Steal (2009)
Will.i.am, Mona Lisa Smile (2017)
99% Invisible, No. 225: ‘Photo Credit: Negatives of the Bauhaus’ (2016)
The Artsy Podcast, No. 32: ‘The Law Shaking Up The Art World’ (2017)
Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources
Wallace A and Deazley R, Display At Your Own Risk (2016)
Roberts A, No Copyright Infringement Intended (2017)
Al-Badri N and Nelles N, The Other Nefertiti (2016)
Indicative learning resources - Other resources
Louis Vuitton and Jeff Koons ‘The Masters Collection’
| Credit value | 15 |
|---|---|
| Module ECTS | 7.5 |
| Module pre-requisites | None |
| Module co-requisites | None |
| NQF level (module) | 6 |
| Available as distance learning? | No |
| Origin date | 23/01/2018 |
| Last revision date | 20/12/18 |