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  • Andy Warhol estate preemptively sues photographer over infringement claims

    Photographer Lynn Goldsmith has been sued by The Andy Warhol Foundation following her alleged claims that the artist infringed upon a photo she took of musician Prince in 1981. The lawsuit appears to be a preemptive strike against Goldsmith; it argues that Warhol merely ‘drew inspiration’ from the photo to create an entirely new – and therefore infringement-free – image.

    At the heart of the issue is a 1981 publicity photo of Prince taken by Goldsmith, who has allegedly raised issues with the artist’s estate over claims that Warhol’s ‘The Prince Series’ artwork infringes her copyright. The lawsuit seeks to establish that the artist’s work (made in 1984) is a new creation, thereby preventing any future potential lawsuits brought by the photographer against Warhol’s estate.

    The lawsuit highlights elements of Warhol’s work that deviate from Goldsmith’s photograph, including, ‘substantially heavier makeup’ around the eyes, as well as a different angle of the head. According to The Wrap, Warhol’s estate is seeking a declaratory judgement stating both that the statute of limitations has run out on any possible infringement claims by Goldsmith, and likewise that the artist’s work does not violate the photographer’s copyright.

    Via: The Wrap, US District Court via Scribd
    Homepage photo By Jack Mitchell, CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0

    Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Pittsburgh – North Shore: Andy Warhol Museum

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    Pittsburgh – North Shore: Andy Warhol Museum
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    Image by wallyg
    The Andy Warhol Museum opened in a renovated industrial warehouse at 117 Sandusky Street on May 13, 1994. The museum, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and is a collaborative project of the Carnegie Institute, the Dia Art Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (AWFVA), is the largest in the United States dedicated to a single artist. It holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives from the Pittsburgh native and pop art icon, Andy Warhol.

    The museum is located in an 88,000-square-foot facility that formerly belonged to the Volkwein Music Company and the Frick & Lindsay Company, spread across seven floors with 17 galleries and 900 paintings, close to 2,000 works on paper, over 1,000 published unique prints, 77 sculptures, and 4,000 photographs.

    Pittsburgh – North Shore: Andy Warhol Museum
    visual art
    Image by wallyg
    The Andy Warhol Museum opened in a renovated industrial warehouse at 117 Sandusky Street on May 13, 1994. The museum, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and is a collaborative project of the Carnegie Institute, the Dia Art Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (AWFVA), is the largest in the United States dedicated to a single artist. It holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives from the Pittsburgh native and pop art icon, Andy Warhol.

    The museum is located in an 88,000-square-foot facility that formerly belonged to the Volkwein Music Company and the Frick & Lindsay Company, spread across seven floors with 17 galleries and 900 paintings, close to 2,000 works on paper, over 1,000 published unique prints, 77 sculptures, and 4,000 photographs.

    MIT+150: FAST (Festival of Art + Science + Technology): FAST LIGHT — Unflat Pavilion, with the Back Bay Boston skyline (Prudential Building) in background
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    Image by Chris Devers
    Quoting from the official pamphlet:

    FAST LIGHT • May 7 + 8, 2011, 7 pm – 10 pm

    Contemporary pioneers in art, science, and technology have come together at MIT to create one of the most exhilarating and inventive spectacles metro Boston has ever seen. On May 7 and 8, 2011, visitors can interact with 20+ art and architectural installations illuminating the campus and the Charles River along Memorial Drive at MIT.

    arts.mit.edu / fast

    Installations scattered around campus (we didn’t quite see all of them), again pasting from the official flyer:

    • aFloat
    MIT Chapel • Saturday, May 7th ONLY
    Inspired by water in the Saarinen Chapel’s moat, a touch releases flickers of light before serenity returns as a calm ripple.
    By Otto Ng, Ben Regnier, Dena Molnar, and Arseni Zaitsev.

    • Inflatables
    Lobby 7, Infinite Corridor
    A dodecahedron sculpture made of silver nylon resonates with gusts of air, heat from light bulbs, and the motions of passersby.
    By Kyle Barker, Juan Jofre, Nick Polansky, Jorge Amaya.

    • (now(now(now)))
    Building 7, 4th Floor
    This installation nests layers of the past into an image of the present, recursively intertwining slices of time.
    By Eric Rosenbaum and Charles DeTar.

    • Dis(Course)4
    Building 3 Stair, Infinite Corridor
    A stairwell transformed by a shummering aluminum conduit inspired by the discourse between floors and academic disciplines.
    By Craig Boney, Jams Coleman and Andrew Manto.

    • Maxwell’s Dream
    Building 10 Community Lounge, Infinite Corridor
    An interactive mural created by magnetic fields that drive patterns of light, Maxwell’s Dream is a visually expressive cybernetic loop.
    By Kaustuv De Biswas and Daniel Rosenberg.

    • Mood Meter
    Student Center & Building 8, Infinite Corridor
    Is the smile a barometer of happiness? Mood Meter playfully assesses and displays the mood of the MIT community onsite and at moodmeter.media.mit.edu
    By Javier Hernandez and Ehsan Hoque.

    • SOFT Rockers
    Killian Court
    Repose and charge your electronic devices using green solar powered technology
    By Shiela Kennedy, P. Seaton, S. Rockcastle, W. Inam, A. Aolij, J. Nam, K. Bogenshutz, J. Bayless, M. Trimble.

    • LightBridge
    The Mass. Ave Bridge
    A dynamic interactive LED array responds to pedestrians on the bridge, illustrating MIT’s ties to both sides of the river. Thanks to Philips ColorKinetics, CISCO, SparkFun Electronics.
    By Sysanne Seitinger.

    • Sky Event
    Killian Court, Saturday, May 7th ONLY
    Immense inflatable stars soar over MIT in celebration of the distinctive symbiosis among artists, scientists and engineers.
    By Otto Piene.

    • Liquid Archive
    Charles River
    A floating inflatable screen provides a backdrop for projections that highlight MIT’s history in science, technology, and art.
    By Nader Tehrani and Gediminas Urbonas.

    • Light Drift
    Charles River
    Ninety brightly glowing orbs in the river change color as they react to the presence of people along the shore.
    By Meejin Yoon.

    • Unflat Pavilion
    Building 14 Lawn
    This freestanding pavilion illuminated with LEDs flexes two dimensions into three. Flat sheets are bent and unfurl into skylights, columns, and windows.
    By Nick Gelpi

    • Gradated Field
    Walker Memorial Lawn
    A field of enticing mounts create a landscape that encourages passersby to meander through, or lounge upon the smooth plaster shapes.
    By Kyle Coburn, Karina Silvester and Yihyun Lim.

    • Bibliodoptera
    Building 14, Hayden Library Corridor
    Newly emerged from the chrysalis of MIT’s diverse library pages, a cloud of butterflies flutters above, reacting to the movement of passersby.
    By Elena Jessop and Peter Torpey.

    • Wind Screen
    Green Building Facade, Bldg 54
    A shimmering curtain of light created by micro-turbines displays a visual register of the replenishable source of wind energy.
    By Meejin Yoon.

    • String Tunnel
    Building 18 Bridge
    A diaphonous tunnel creates a sense of entry to and from the Infinite Corridor and frames the surrounding landscape.
    By Yuna Kim, Kelly Shaw, and Travis Williams.

    • voltaDom
    Building 56-66 Connector
    A vaulted passageway utilizes an innovative fabrication technique that creates complex double curved vaults through the simple rolling of a sheet of material.
    By Skylar Tibbits.

    • Night of Numbers
    Building 66 Facade & E15 Walkway
    A lighting installation enlivens MIT architectre with numbers that hold special or historical significance to the Institute. Can you decode them all?
    By Praveen Subramani and Anna Kotova.

    • Overliner
    Building E-25 Stairwell
    Taking cues from a stairwell’s spiraling geometry, Overliner transforms a familiar and busy passageway into a moment of surprise and repose.
    By Joel Lamere and Cynthia Gunadi.

    • Chroma District
    Corner of Ames and Main Streets.
    Lanterns react to visitors by passing sound and color from one to another, increasing in intensity along the way and illuminating the path to MIT’s campus.
    By Eyal Shahar, Akito van Troyer, and Seung Jin Ham.