“Heritage of the Pioneers – Panel Discussion” presented by Stelarc, Oki, Beyls, Sommerer and Mignonneau
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Regular meetings of electronic artists, like Ars Electronica and ISEA, typically started in the 1980’s. Art schools became aware of the creative potential of computer use in that same decade. We are now entering an era where many of the early ‘computer artists’ would be thinking of retirement, if they were not artists.
In the context of the Summits on New Media Art Archiving the question arose what is going to happen with the archives of these artists? This is a good reason to invite some of the major electronic art pioneers to join us at ISEA2024 and tell us about the state of affairs regarding their own archives (digital and/or physical), the sustainability of that situation and their thoughts on the possibilities to make other electronic artists’ archives safe for the future.
