In Unauthorised Copy a golden 3D-rendered Mickey Mouse-style hand and an incomplete render of a bust of Queen Nefertiti revolve over a glitchy mashup of cartoon and digital imagery. Roberts is interested in Internet-based questions around copying, plagiarising and authenticity. He asks how in the post-3D scanning world we might protect the rights held within original objects and images.
Originally commissioned by Aly Grimes for Short Circuit.
Part of Hybrid Landscapes at the Digital Catapult, 3 April 2017 – 31 March 2018. Produced and curated by Data as Culture at the Open Data Institute (ODI) in partnership with Digital Catapult, London.
2017
Digital video