From what we can gather, Copyshop is a project of the Art Gallery of Knoxville and is designed to be franchised, leading to similar institutions anywhere there is an interest. Beyond that, EMERGE knows that Copyshop is a store that sells products that play around with ideas of intellectual property. According to their own boilerplate, Copyshop's "inventory includes modified originals, improved copies and political anti-brands- all products that discuss the existing notion of intellectual property rights as a prerequisite for development and economic growth." Fitting into that list of products are what they dub "Supercopies"- essentially these are knock-offs that are stamped with the word "supercopy," thus creating a new original. It's all a bit cerebral if you ask us, but the idea of creating a culture jamming pop up shop is sort of interesting. If you happen to be in Knoxville anytime soon, go check Copyshop out.
Posted by James Friedman
