Unlicensed Goods
Unlicensed Goods engages with the friction, co-dependence and short circuits between formal and informal systems of production. Through the lens of immigrant experience and resilience, Unlicensed Goods traces overlooked histories and alternative concepts of authorship that continue to shape contemporary art.
Inspired by the proximities and overlaps between underground and mainstream circulations of manufactured objects and stories, Unlicensed Goods surveys practices and initiatives at the intersection of art, design and fashion. The exhibition marks the first major group survey since the opening of YDP. Occupying the entirety of the building with a combination of site-specific commissions, spatial interventions and existing works, the exhibition reflects on the material realities of globalised production. It examines questions of cultural access and exclusion, collaborative and collective forms of production that challenge singular authorship and modes of immigrant survival within environments that remain indifferent to—or actively erase—the visibility of outsiders.
Curated by Billy Tang, Artistic Director at YDP
Exhibition design and graphic design: Studio Manuel Raeder
Photo credits: Reinis Lismanis and Manuel Raeder
