In 2010 the Foundation for the Conservation of Contemporary Art in the Netherlands (SBMK) and the Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMk) started a two year project Conservation Media Art Collection Netherlands. Media art has been incorporated in contemporary art collections in Dutch museums since the mid seventies. Even though these works were frequently exhibited, they were difficult to access outside of exhibitions, and were only partially conserved. The project aimed to ensure enduring accessibility through contributing to conservation strategies for video art works in art collections in the Netherlands.
The project consisted of three areas:
1. Conservation of Video artworks 3.0
2. Research approaches to ‘Born-digital Art’ in collaboration with Virtual Platform
Note: The publication Born-Digital Art in the Netherlands is available for downloading. It is in Dutch but contains an English summary including recommendations. http://www.sbmk.nl/uploads/borndigital_kleiner.pdf
3. Research into aspects of copyright in the case of online viewing of video Art Works in collaboration with Kennisland:
Involved in the project were: Van Abbemuseum, De Appel, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Groninger Museum, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE), Kröller-Müller Museum, Netherlands Media Art Institute, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Frans Hals Museum, Gemeentemuseum Helmond, V2_, SCHUNK*, Bonnefantenmuseum.
More information: http://www.sbmk.nl/projects/detail/id/17