“Setting limits in preservation strategies from the stage of acquisition: a feasibility approach for Media Art” presented by Valdés and Tornés
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- Short Papers Online Content
Presentation Title:
- Setting limits in preservation strategies from the stage of acquisition: a feasibility approach for Media Art
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Abstract:
Over the past decades, the development of technological equipment and the arrival of the Digital Era have generated numerous artistic products that integrate technological devices, and that have lesser durability than other traditional cultural objects, such as Media Art Installations. The field of Art Preservation, responsible for safeguarding the collective knowledge heritage artefacts contain, is facing new challenges, and the solution lies in applying innovative strategies all the way through the life of the artwork, starting in the acquisition stages. What should we as art conservators consider when performing feasibility analyses in the acquisition of technological artwork? This paper analyses the fragility of this art-science intersection with the aim of establishing preservation strategies that ensure the viability of this type of artworks in an institutional environment.
