{"product_id":"unlicensed-bootlegging-as-creative-practice","title":"Unlicensed: Bootlegging as Creative Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Ben Schwartz\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the last few decades, the term “bootlegging”—a practice once relegated to smugglers and copyright infringers—has become understood as a creative act.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDebates about homage, appropriation and theft, already common in the art world, are now being held in the spheres of corporate branding, social media and the creative industry as a whole. Today, bootlegging has become an aesthetic in and of itself, influencing everything from underground record labels and DIY T-shirts to publishing ideologies and acts of high fashion détournement. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnlicensed\u003c\/em\u003e, a project by Ben Schwartz, contains 21 interviews with a range of creative practitioners on the topic of bootlegging. Some of these interviews were originally published on the \u003cem\u003eGradient\u003c\/em\u003e, the design blog of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, where Schwartz began his research on bootlegging. These conversations investigate bootlegging’s creative and critical potential, and explore new ways it can be deployed in order to thrive as an impactful cultural force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes interviews with A March Issue (Line Arngaard \u0026amp; Sonia Oet), Babak Radboy, Clara Balaguer \u0026amp; Czar Kristoff, BLESS (Desiree Heiss \u0026amp; Ines Kaag), Boot Boyz Biz, Akinola Davies Jr, Eric Doeringer, Experimental Jetset (Marieke Stolk, Erwin Brinkers, Danny van den Dungen), Elisa van Joolen, Hassan Kurbanbaev, Urs Lehni \u0026amp; Olivier Lebrun, Jonathan Monk, Matt Olson, Online Ceramics (Elijah Funk \u0026amp; Alix Ross), Mark Owens, Printed Matter ( Nassar \u0026amp; Christopher Schulz), Nat Pyper, Hassan Rahim, Shanzhai Lyric, SHIRT, Oana Stanescu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor Ben Schwartz (born 1988) is a graphic designer and editor based in New York. He collaborates with several graphic design studios in the cultural sector across a variety of media. From 2016 to 2018 he served as a Graphic Design Fellow at the Walker Art Center.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Meg Miller\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned by Ben Schwartz\u003cbr\u003eCreative Director, Source Type: Laurenz Brunner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Valiz and Source Type, 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 432 pages, b\u0026amp;w, 4.5 × 7. 1 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-9-49-324629-4\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68087009575147,"sku":"ety1792049127886","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/2866\/3787\/files\/unlicensed-bootlegging-as-creative-practice_1.jpg?v=1792049134","url":"https:\/\/theaterseatcladding.shop\/products\/unlicensed-bootlegging-as-creative-practice","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}