Part 5: MACAQUE MONKEY

A legal case from 2016 concerning a macaque monkey that took selfies with a photographer’s camera, was claimed to be the rightful author of the images but denied copyright as nonhuman animal.

benandsebastian with Raffael Fasel (Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law) and Eyal Weizman (Forensic Architecture). 

Artwork and concept by benandsebastian. Music by Sternum. Mixing and mastering by Conor Dalton.  Photo by David Stjernholm.