For International Women’s Day, we hosted a provocative panel discussion on the future of art projects with a panel of acclaimed speakers working at the cutting edge of AI, art, design and placemaking.

Sheldon Harrington is a Widjabul Artist from the Bundjalung Nation on the Far North Coast of New South Wales. Harrington has been painting, designing and creating for more than 10 years and continues to learn and share the knowledge that has been passed down through his family. Harrington works across mediums blending traditional Aboriginal art and contemporary with modern design.

Mia Forrest is an artist based in the Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia. Mia’s work has exhibited worldwide, including Vellum LA, Tweed Regional Art Gallery, Cannes AVIFF Art Festival, Channels International Biennial of Video Art at the Australian Center for Moving Image, Queensland Film Festival, and Aesthetica Film Festival.

Stefania Shevchenko is an interdisciplinary artist who creates immersive visual narratives that ponder the planet’s evolution through futuristic landscapes. Shevchenko holds a Bachelor of Fine Art, majoring in Expanded Practice at Griffith University Queensland College of Art.

Artists have always struggled to maintain copyright and ownership of their work, and the infinite, seemingly instantaneous possibilities of the internet and AI makes this even harder. How can we frame AI in a way that does not undermine the hard work of artists?

Digital art manifests simultaneously as more sustainable and more destructive - if knowledge is power then the only way to move forward is through making decisions informed by truth and objectivity.

It’s easy to forget real-world laws of ethics when the decentralised internet offers no tangible consequences for breaking them.

In this article we touch on the importance of establishing ethics for artists in web3, the politics of NFT ownership and navigating the new decentralised web model without a governing body.

This is Part Three in our “Copyright Basics” series by Melbourne-based intellectual property lawyer Sharon Givoni. Sharon is the author of Owning It: A Creative’s Guide to Copyright, Contracts and the Law.

We discuss the vast expanses of the internet, and how copyright does (and doesn’t) operate in this digital wild west.

In an increasingly fast-paced world saturated with new technology, ownership as a mode of consumption is officially on its way out.

This is Part Two in our “Copyright Basics” series by Melbourne-based intellectual property lawyer Sharon Givoni. Sharon is the author of Owning It: A Creative’s Guide to Copyright, Contracts and the Law.

We discuss what is a contract, how it affects copyright and whether or not you need a contract.

This is Part One in our “Copyright Basics” series by Melbourne-based intellectual property lawyer Sharon Givoni. Sharon is the author of Owning It: A Creative’s Guide to Copyright, Contracts and the Law.

We discuss what is copyright, when does it arise and how you can protect yourself from infringement.