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Julian Siffert, (On rit)

Julian Siffert, (On rit)

Julian Siffert

(On rit), 2023

Fine Art
Aluminum, WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (print), acrylic glass

30cm x 21cm

 

Thinking about transparency, international trade and supervillains. Most pieces from my show "to fly through the mouths of men" try to think issues of intellectual property and copyright through the figure of the Joker. An idea of property and a trickster that share a sense of blurriness and fluidity, that lack a groundedness in concrete materiality which allows them to shapeshift.

While in exile in 1869, French writer Victor Hugo wrote L'Homme qui rit (The Man Who Laughs), a novel about a man who is mutilated by the aristocracy to wear a permanent smile. A still image of the film adaption of this book, showing Conrad Veith as the movie's main character Gwynplaine, inspired the design of the Batman Joker in 1940. Through the smile of this film still, (On rit) makes readable the 5th page of the TRIPS Agreement of the WTO. The TRIPS agreement introduced intellectual property law into the multilateral trading system for the first time in the 1990s and remains the most comprehensive multilateral agreement on intellectual property to date. It also includes the so-called Berne Convention from 1886 – mentioned on page 5. This first international copyright agreement was developed at the instigation of Victor Hugo, who was also active as a politician.

Julian Siffert, * 1993 in Korneuburg lives and works in Vienna. "I‘m often seeking to explore the relation between bodies and spaces at the intersection of sociopolitical, bodily, economic and technological practices. Engaging with issues such as spatial perception, acoustics, orientation, navigation, cartography or geography as well as their histories, I create performances, sculptures, installations, videos, electronic music and works for ensembles. As Perspektivenbox, I collaborate with fellow composer Uikyung Lee since 2016."
€ 900 - 1.500
Manner Villa | Klampfelberggasse 2/4 | 1170 Wien
Work #1062
Anfangsdatum 11/10/2023 11:00
Enddatum 24/10/2023 20:37
Aufgeld 12.5%
Aktueller Preis 600 €
Total fällig 680 €

Julian Siffert, (On rit)

Aktueller Preis: 600 €