Dear New Media Curators,
As part of my graduate thesis I am exploring the
registration of installation art, especially in
reference to work with new media content. My major
concern is how to document the artist's intent so that
subsequent re-installations remain true to their
original ideas even when certain physical and spatial
variables change.
To that end, I was wondering if any of you would be
willing to share anecdotes about how your
museum/gallery has dealt with the registration of new
media installation art. Do you use written artist
questionnaires to document the artist's intent?
Interviews? On-site, video-taped walk-throughs? etc.
And, in your opinion, who is best charged with this
task: a curator, registrar, or conservator?
Thanks in advance and please feel free to forward this
on to colleagues.
Mark B. Schlemmer
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MA Candidate in Museum Professions
Registration and Collections Management, May 2008
Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey USA
Organizer RC-AAM "Emerging Voices Forum" at the
Marketplace of Ideas, 2008 American Association of
Museums Annual Meeting
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