Dear List,
I just wanted to thank everyone for an excellent month's discussion - I'm still inwardly digesting all these great posts ...
If I can be rather sunny about the issue of mainstream vs. new media collecting, I think there were reasons to be cheerful about some current practices and the issues that might be shared with new media. Seeing some of the Tanks programme at the Tate did make me reflect on how the collected documentation and artworks relating to performance art (Suzanne Lacey's Crystal Quilt) and film (Lis Rhodes' Light Music) were not displayed simply as documentation, but installed as art with new elements (Lacey's sound installation) and with participative intent retained ((Rhodes). As Stuart Comer says in the brochure for the Tanks programme at Tate "They are not merely performance documentation that can be played back at whim, but rather rely on on a specific set of instructions to reanimate both the existing film or video material and the actions that attend it."
So, if listees wish the debate to continue, please do - me and no doubt others might be away on holiday, but I'm sure you can talk amongst yourselves!
Thanks again,
Beryl
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