Social Impact
CYLOCPS works with artists of all kinds: photographers on corporate contracts, freelancers juggling multiple gigs, and performers picking up shifts at bars, cafés, and clubs to fund their creative work. When their voices, faces, or work are used without consent (in someone else’s project or in GenAI training), they’re often stuck. They don’t know how to assert their rights, or they can’t afford to. Meanwhile, making art is getting less and less financially sustainable.
Our collaboration with Joanne Wong, a media operations consultant, is CYCLOPS’s social impact project to support the artist community. The goal: raise awareness of artist rights and de-risk creative production.
Joanne is an independent legal researcher and media producer. She understands how law shows up in day-to-day production and distribution—both big picture and in the details. She’s spent more than a decade inside different production environments: digital platforms, film production houses, small companies, newsrooms, nonprofits, local initiatives, and independent projects.
Most importantly, she’s not the kind of consultant who “doesn’t get it.” She produces work herself, including video (music videos, interviews, educational pieces), podcasts, and live events (music, culture-sharing, stand-up comedy). Fully hands-on.
Cost:
If your project is non-profit or not generating income, there’s no fee.
If your project is for-profit, there’s a consultation fee, structured fairly against your project’s profit.
Your first 30-minute consultation is free.
Reach out to impact@cyclops.gallery if you have questions about:
using and protecting your IP (copyright and trademark),
data consent and opt-outs,
or other operational / rights questions in production.