COPYRIGHT_ARCHIVE
2019 (ongoing archive)
spatial intervention
projection
performance (ebay auction)
Copyright_archive is a documentary archive consisting of eBay auctions.
In order to counteract a possible duplication of
photographs offered for sale and to give an approximate
idea of the proportions, eBay sellers often add
everyday objects to their goods in photographs. As
representatives of standardized dimensions, rules,
lighters, matches, coins, pens, paper clips, and
other conventional and banal everyday objects are
superimposed on nude photographs of unknown
women. Fingers appear in the pictures, as do sticky
notes, remnants of adhesive tape, drawings, or digital
scribbles. Apparently made unusable by the disruptive
elements, these photo-object arrangements exist within
a clearly defined time window and disappear from the
user interface after the auction ends.
The resulting copyright_archive has existed since 2017
and includes almost 2500 photographs. The archive
functions as the starting point for a large number of
works, including eBay performances, taking place on the
eBay account of the artist, which is temporarily misused
for (performative) auctions, as well as a photo series
entitled “eBayAesthetics29.82m”.