sarah
havent had time to participate in the conservation discussion
but thought i would bring the list attention to the leonardo
call for papers on these topics=we have a paper from Rinheart
i think in the next issue
we are particularly interested in papers on case studies
of conservation/restoration/archiving of art and technology
work
roger malina
Archiving, Collecting, Documenting and Conserving the Media Arts
Throughout the 20th century and certainly at an increasing pace since the
1960s, new art forms that feature technological components have been
throwing traditional conservation and documentation practices into
upheaval. These works of art are many and varied. They may be analog or
digital, mechanical, and/or electronic; they are often multimedia based
and include a variety of components, such as mechanical parts, software,
electronic systems, varied electronic media formats, etc. Museums, which
are charged with preserving and providing access to these works, often
find themselves without adequate resources and must make do with methods
and means that are poorly adapted to a growing number of artistic
practices.
Guest Editors Jean Gagnon and Alain Depocas from the Daniel Langlois
Foundation (Montreal) invite researchers, scholars, artists and others to
submit articles for publication in a new special section in Leonardo
concerned with documenting and conserving the media arts heritage. This
new section is the journal's contribution to a larger research alliance
bringing together museums, universities and organizations from Canada, the
U.S.A. and Europe with funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Daniel Langlois Foundation.
For the next 3 years, this section in Leonardo will publish articles and
reports arising out of the alliance's ongoing research. We wish to invite
authors concerned about this constellation of problems to propose articles
to Leonardo. We welcome articles under the following three programmatic
headings:
- documentation
- cataloging
- conservation
Interested authors please contact:
Jean Gagnon and Alain Depocas
Leonardo Guest Editors
Fondation Daniel Langlois
Montrčal, Canada
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Manuscripts should be submitted to the Leonardo Editorial office
see www.leonardo.info for author instructions.
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