>Why do some exhibitions of this kind end up like this? In my experience it
>comes down to money. New media artworks demand constant care and attention.
>Experienced curators know this and build contingencies into their budgets
>(say 30% p.a. capital costs). However, with depressing regularity, museum
>and venue management see this as a budget they can cut. Cut that budget and
>you lose the skills and facilities such venues need in-house to ensure that
>temperamental artworks keep working, day in and day out. Waiting for the
>artworks to break and then buying in the fix will not work. Chances are the
this emphasizes the fact that dead art is better/preferable than live art (in an institutional setting)...
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jh
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