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Dennis, I hope you'll give us a heads up when the article comes out.. We've posted a bit more background on the conservation process and issues that arose on the Davis project over at Rhizome: http://rhizome.org/editorial/2013/jun/12/restoring-douglas-davis-collaborative-sentence/ On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Dennis Moser <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > It is with a certain sense of irony that I read these recent postings on > these works and the challenges of their preservation and conservation. > > Why? I'm wrapping up an article for a certain US journal for art libraries, > trying to draw attention to these very kinds of works and their associated > problems. It's gone out for review twice now, because two of the three > reviewers in the first round couldn't wrap their heads around the fact that > such works were being created and collected. > > I'm grateful for the journal editor's support and determination to get my > article in print. But the experience has left me wondering just who is > paying attention to these things (New Aesthetic? What's that? and why > should we care?) ... > > Best to all, > > Dennis > > ~~ > If your first move is brilliant, you’re in trouble. You don’t really know > how to follow it; you’re frightened of ruining it. So, to make a mess is a > good beginning. — Brian Eno > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:03 AM, Brian Degger <[log in to unmask] > >wrote: > > > Sarah and CRUMB, > > Hope you are enjoying ISEA13. > > > > Thanks for the article. > > > > The type of conservation problem are already here with bio-art and art > > based upon unstable/ food based media. And GMOarts are even more > > problematical. > > The artist neither want to use 'fake' food or to constantly renew the > work. > > > > For a abstract in 2011 > > http://die-neue-sammlung.de/event/?p=953&lang=en "Developing > > durable Foodstuffs for Contemporary Art > > Anna Comiotto | Marc Egger | Caroline Forster | Agathe Jarczyk | > Isabelle > > Krieg | George Steinmann | Markus Vaihinger | Karin Wyss" > > *Abstract |* This paper provides an insight into a one-year research > > project for the development of treatments to stabilise foodstuff against > > chemical and biological decay. The research was carried out with a strong > > focus on interdisciplinary collaborations bringing together conservators, > > chemists, food-technologists and artists. > > Foodstuffs are widely used in contemporary art and have found their way > > into product and fashion design applications as well. Many food products > > are well known as a very ephemeral matter, attacked e.g. by enzymes, > moulds > > and bugs and prone to shape and colour changes. The limited ageing > > stability can be welcomed by artists to demonstrate decay, as experienced > > e.g. by looking at rotting food, mould and beetles in artworks of Dieter > > Roth or Michael Blazy. Nobody regrets the foodstuff’s ephemerality as > well, > > if nourishment is cooked and served by Rirkrit Tiravanija (“Untitled”, > > 1992) or consumed by Marina Abramović (“The Onion”, 1996). In contrast to > > this, the research project sets focus on artists, who aim to outsmart > > transience. They are looking for long-term stable food materials. > Creating > > “fake food” or the need to continuously renew the work after spoilage, > are > > not in accordance with their artistic statements. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 12:00 AM, NEW-MEDIA-CURATING automatic digest > > system <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > There is 1 message totaling 17 lines in this issue. > > > > > > Topics of the day: > > > > > > 1. Future of digital art... > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 06:15:33 +0000 > > > From: Sarah Cook <[log in to unmask]> > > > Subject: Future of digital art... > > > > > > Dear Crumb > > > > > > This article was brought to my attention during a q&a here at ISEA in > > > Sydney .... Check the 63 comments too on this article about > > sustainability > > > of digital work ... Very telling. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/arts/design/whitney-saves-douglas-daviss-first-collaborative-sentence.html?from=homepage > > > > > > > > > Sent from my pocket. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > End of NEW-MEDIA-CURATING Digest - 10 Jun 2013 to 11 Jun 2013 > (#2013-85) > > > > ************************************************************************ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------- > > Brian Degger > > twitter: @drbrian > > > > http://makerspace.org.uk > > http://transitlab.org > > ---------------------------------------- > > > -- Michael Connor +1 646 620 7758