[NYCInfoLaw] Fwd: OPENING NIGHT: Lawrence LESSIG+Shepard FAIREY+Steven JOHNSON, Feb 26. 7pm

[Luis Villa]

A for-pay ($15 for students) event that may be of interest. (I'll be
there; the last one of these at the NYPL was pretty interesting, I
thought.) Note that Lessig has just twittered this and it did sell out
last time he did one of these, so you may want to buy soon if you are
interested.

Luis


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From: LIVE from the NYPL <live at nypl.org>
Date: Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Subject: OPENING NIGHT: Lawrence LESSIG+Shepard FAIREY+Steven JOHNSON,
Feb 26. 7pm
To: luis at tieguy.org




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OPENING NIGHT!
LIVE from the NYPL & WIRED present
LAWRENCE LESSIG + SHEPARD FAIREY + STEVEN JOHNSON
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive
in the Hybrid Economy





Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 7:00 PM

Celeste Bartos Forum
Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street / Enter at 42nd Street

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What is the future for art and ideas in an age when practically
anything can be copied, pasted, downloaded, sampled, and re-imagined?

LIVE from the NYPL and WIRED Magazine kick off the Spring 2009 season
with a spirited discussion of the emerging remix culture. Our guides
through this new world—who will take us from Jefferson's Bible to
André the Giant to Wikipedia—will be Lawrence Lessig, author of Remix,
founder of Creative Commons, and one of the leading legal scholars on
intellectual property issues in the Internet age; acclaimed street
artist Shepard Fairey, whose iconic Obama "HOPE" poster was recently
acquired by the National Portrait Gallery; and cultural historian
Steven Johnson, whose new book, The Invention of Air, argues that
remix culture has deep roots in the Enlightenment and among the
American founding fathers.

This event is sponsored by

Photos of Shepard Fairey by Jill Greenberg and Steven Johnson by Nina Subin




About Shepard Fairey
Shepard Fairey, often described as a street artist, now has his
portrait of Barack Obama, that came to symbolize the historic campaign
of the president, on display at the National Portrait Gallery in
Washington, D.C. A retrospective of Fairey's work opened in February
2009 at the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art.

About Steven Johnson
Steven Johnson is the author of many books including Interface
Culture: How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and
Communicate. He is the founder of several influential websites,
including FEED, Plastic, and, currently, outside.in. His most recent
book is The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution,
and the Birth of America.

About Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig is a Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and
founder of the Center for Internet and Society. He writes in the areas
of constitutional law, contracts, and the law of cyberspace,
especially as it affects copyright. He is the author of many books
including Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace. His most recent book is
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy.



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Artwork (c)2009 by LIVE artist-in-residence Flash Rosenberg.
Conversation Portrait of Adam Gopnik & Paul Holdengräber
Through the Children's Gate: Raising Children in NYC
LIVE from the NYPL, October 11, 2006




UPCOMING EVENTS





FATHER PATRICK DESBOIS in conversation with Paul LeClerc
The Holocaust by Bullets
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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A Tribute to JOHN UPDIKE
David Remnick, Sonny Mehta, Charles McGrath, Judith Jones, Roger
Angell, Lorrie Moore, Adam Gopnik, Deborah Garrison & Ann Goldstein
Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Celeste Bartos Forum
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THOMAS FRIEDMAN in conversation with NANDAN NILEKANI
Imagining India
Monday, March 23, 2009, 2009
Celeste Bartos Forum
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