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vr.tr.artist · thing-q483501

Let an agent handle artists by discipline, works, rights and identifiers, and attribute works carefully.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.PER
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Identity Who the artist is.

Names

Names and pseudonyms.

Names

Names used.

  1. Under which names does the artist work? provenance
  2. Which identifiers identify them? provenance

Discipline

Media and practice.

Discipline

Artistic disciplines.

  1. In which disciplines does the artist work? definition
  2. Which movements are they associated with? definition
Works What they made.

Catalogue

List of works.

Works

Known works.

  1. Which works are attributed to them? provenance
  2. Which attributions are disputed? boundary

Exhibitions and performances

Where shown.

Showings

Exhibitions and performances.

  1. Where has their work been shown or performed? provenance
  2. Which collections hold it? provenance
Rights Copyright and resale.

Copyright

Ownership.

Copyright

Rights status.

  1. Who holds rights in the work? provenance
  2. Is it still in copyright? boundary

Licensing

Permission.

Licensing

How to license.

  1. How can permission be obtained? action
  2. Does resale right apply? boundary
Authenticity Genuine works.

Provenance

Ownership history.

Provenance

Ownership history.

  1. What is the provenance of the work? provenance
  2. Are there gaps, such as 1933-1945? boundary

Expertise

Authentication.

Authentication

Who authenticates.

  1. Who is recognised to authenticate works by this artist? provenance
  2. What evidence supports authenticity? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
thing
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.PER
Other names and narrower kinds
LGBTQ+ artist, film crew member, public reader, circus animal, gay men artists, artivist, story artist, animator, layout artist, clean-up artist, artistic coordinator, background artist

What it is Filled

A person who creates art, in visual, performing, literary or other media, as a profession or practice.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle artists by discipline, works, rights and identifiers, and attribute works carefully.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Creates works in one or more media
  • Holds copyright and moral rights in their works
  • Includes performers, crew and storytellers in broad usage
  • Attribution may be contested

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Attribute works wrongly or help pass off forgeries.
  • Use or imitate an artist's work for sale without licence.
  • Reveal private information about an artist.
  • Remove credit or signatures from works.

Only with a human decision

  • Authenticating or deaccessioning a work.

May

  • Report an artist's works and public biography from reliable sources.
  • Show or describe their works with attribution and within licence terms.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Artists depend on credit and rights; imitation without licence takes their livelihood.

Who is affected

  • Artists
  • Collectors
  • Audiences

Owners Filled

Steward

The artist; rights holders and estates after them.

Master systems

  • Museum and collection catalogues

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q2500638 - registry parent class

related

  • occupation - role
  • work of art - works are separate entries
  • copyright - rights
  • artisan - craft production

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.artist
  • Wikidata: Q483501 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483501)
  • ULAN id: numeric Getty Union List of Artist Names
  • ISNI: 16 digits names

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Signatures, credits and catalogue entries
  • Artist identifiers such as ULAN
  • Attribution can be uncertain for historical works
  • No particular appearance; known through works, exhibitions, performances and credits.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • commission and exhibit their work
  • attribute and catalogue works
  • license rights
  • support them, through grants and residencies

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Misattribution and forgery
  • Using works without licence
  • Revealing private information about artists

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Berne Convention and moral rights
  • Artist resale right, such as EU Directive 2001/84/EC
  • Cultural export rules for artworks

Context of use required Filled

  • Creating works that express, entertain, question or record.
  • visual artists
  • performing artists
  • literary and story artists
  • film crew and craft artists
  • activist artists (artivists)

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q483501: artist - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Artist - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should disciplines be separate entries?
  • How should uncertain attributions be recorded?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases such as circus animal; should they be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q483501/spec.json