The symposium will bring together the diverse perspectives and experiences of twelve experts, curators, conservators, and artists to reflect on current trends in media conservation. The panel discussions will center on the question of how to best maintain artworks that are tied to technologies guaranteed to change, and how to quantify the relationship between the visual content of video art and the method of its display. For example, what are the responsibilities of curators and conservators in determining new technology as old machines break down? What are the equipment options facing an institution at the time of their acquisition of an artwork? What do registrars and conservators believe is the ideal type of conditioning protocol for time-based media that are likely to migrate across different display platforms and media players? We are particularly interested in locating this investigation within the field of existing symposia and research institute findings. We expect the results of the symposium to add to knowledge of best practice options for video art conservation and restoration and to have wide applications across different research disciplines, including New Media Studies, Museum and Curatorial Studies, Art History, and Fine Art practice.
The symposium is open to art professionals, faculty, students, and the public. In addition, there will be an extensive video sculpture exhibition in the university’s Reed Gallery and a one-person exhibition by New York based video artist Tommy Hartung in the Meyers Gallery, also on campus, to coincide with the conference.
Moderators:
Bruce Jenkins, Professor, School of the Art Institution, Chicago
Paola Morsiani, Curator of Contemporary Art, Cleveland Art Museum
Raphaela Platow, Director and Head Curator, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati
Panel speakers:
Laura Barreca, External Curator, MAXXI-Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo, Rome
Tobias Berger, Curator, M+ Museum for Visual Culture, Hong Kong
Jay Chatterjee Dean Emeritus, DAAP
Lisa Dorin, Assistant Curator, Dept of Contemporary Art, Chicago Art Institute
Anton Harfmann Associate Dean for Facilities, DAAP
Chrissie Iles, Anne and Joel Ehrankranz Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
Mary Lucier, Artist, New York, NY
Patrick Mills SOA alumnus, DAAP installer of Cinci-Mix
Mark Patsfall (Artist, Gallery Director, fabricator of Nam June Paik sculpture)
Joanna Phillips, Associate Conservator of Contemporary Art, Guggenheim Museum
Alan Rath, Artist, Oakland, CA
Julia Scher, Artist, New York, NY
Carl Solway (Carl Solway Gallery)
Glenn Wharton, Conservator, MoMA, and Professor of Museum Studies, New York University
Registration fee $30
https://webapps.uc.edu/conferencing/Details.aspx?ConferenceID=390
Location
Kaplan Auditorium, Room 5401 Aronoff
College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning
University of Cincinnati
Clifton Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive East
Cincinnati, OH 45221
Contact
Mark Harris mark.harris@uc.edu
Charles Woodman charles.woodman@uc.edu
Url: http://www.daap.uc.edu/art/eart/paik/index.html
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