Air filter and method of constructing same 28 (Antoine) (Exploit), 2014, US Patent 8118919 B1, aluminum, print on charcoal fiberglass mesh, print on organza, frame, 83x45in.

Air filter and method of constructing same 31 (Antoine) (Exploit), 2014, US Patent 8118919 B1, aluminum, print on charcoal fiberglass mesh, print on organza, frame, 83x45in.

Air filter and method of constructing same 28 (IOPI icons and installation view) (Exploit), 2014, US Patent 8118919 B1, aluminum, print on charcoal fiberglass mesh, print on organza, frame, 83x45in.

Air filter and method of constructing same 6, Six Screen Ascending Blue (Exploit), 2014, US Patent 8118919 B1, aluminum, print on charcoal fiberglass mesh, print on organza, frame, 83x45in.

Exploits is a series of work utilizing existing intellectual properties which are licensed or purchased from their current owner. The intellectual properties are taken as a set of negotiated guidelines within which physical works may be produced, and as a set of norms to be deviated from. Each negotiation is unique: the property owner may set legal barriers to the contexts in which the IP can be presented, limit the amount of derivative works that may be produced to a set number, or to a period of time. Further a certain IP itself may be valid for use only within certain contexts—a Trademark specifically for apparel, for example. These stipulations manifest in each case in a unique contract between myself and the IP holder.

Intellectual property becomes within this series a symbolic object underscoring the relationship between the social structures that formalize what would otherwise be abstract (the virtual, the ‘immaterial’) and the manifestation of those structures through physical objects and imagery. The model and the depiction. In each case, the IP is one which has already been registered by another entity—Exploits is the process of locating objects which already exist as territories, and transposing said territories into another context through a transaction.

Air filter and method of constructing same is the title of US patent 8118919 B1. This patent has been licensed from its author and current owner, and was created as a pollen and UV filter for windowscreens. The patent allows a broad interpretation but must incorporate one layer of screen mesh and one layer of fabric within a frame.