APPROPRIATION or COPYING? RESEARCH APPROPRIATION 2011

PLAGIARISM | COPYING | APPROPRIATION | HOMAGE

_Where is the boundary?

I think you can see it in one following line, worst is plagiarism. When you take something without changing pretending it is yours. Copying, making something with a little difference but you can see clearly overlap. Appropriation is an interpretation of style, using your own identity, Homage is with the intention of the original making an work to honer the maker.

In this order we can also value them, where plagiarism gets punished, a homage can be loved. Originality and respect for the original a I think key words in this. Also the context is important. What we can see in for example culture jamming. That is loved by the audience but don’t get that rewards from the makers.

Culture Jamming

Tony CraggGrey Moon, 1985

Luba Lukova’s Peace poster, 2001

Wolff Olins/Miles Newlyn Unilever, 2004

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Luba Lukova’s Peace poster, 2001

Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich www.graceandgo.com2007

Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich2009

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2004 Noord-Amsterdam2006

Nijmegen2008

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Copy of Unilever logo

EXAMPLE PLAGIARISM

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Karen BorgersDesign Academy EIndhovenwww.karenborgers.nl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriation

http://www.appropriationart.ca/

http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=23

http://arthistory.about.com/od/glossary_a/a/a_appropriation.htm

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