Conference on preventive conservation

Preventive conservation of works art on paper
CICOP (Centro Internacional para la Conservacion del Patrimonio)
in collaboration with the City Hall of La Laguna (Santa Cruz of
Tenerife, Spain)
Museum of Science and Cosmos, Avda. de los Meceyes
70. La Laguna (Tenerife)
June 4-7, 2001

Languages: Spanish and English
Direction: Rafael Martin
Coordination: Katarzyna Zych

Monday June, 4

9 am    Inaugural Act
9:30
    "Conservation:  The politic instrument or social
    necessity?" (Spanish).
    Arsenio Sanchez Hernamperez
    Restaurateur - Conservator, National Library. Madrid.
11:30
    "Origin, structure and composition of paper fibers.
    Identification of cellulose materials ". (Spanish).
    Josi Antonio Garcia Hortal
    Doctor in Chemistry, Polytechnic University of Cataluqa, Tarrasa
    (Barcelona).

16:30
    "Traditional Japanese techniques of prevention and
    conservation"
    Katarzyna Zych. Restaurateur-Conservator of Works on Paper
    (Spanish).

Tuesday June, 5
9 am
    "Art on paper: Large formats, their pathologies." (Spanish).
    Pedro Barbachano San Millan
    Restaurateur of Graphic Documents "Barbachano y Beny S.A."
    (Madrid).

12 pm
    "Intervention criteria on contemporary works on paper".
    (English).
    Piet Van Dalen. Restaurateur of "Art Conservation", Holland.

17:30
    "Intervention criteria on contemporary works on paper", part II.
    (English).
    Piet Van Dalen. Restaurateur  "Art Conservation", Holland.

18:30
    New technologies of conservation: "Use of ultrasonic
    humidificator for consolidation of fragile pictorial layer on
    paper" (English).
    Piet Van Dalen.

Wednesday June, 6
9 am
    "Illumination and microclimatic control". (Spanish).
    Benoit de Tapol, Conservator of MNAC (National Museum of
    Cataluqa), Consultant of ICCROM.

12 pm
    New technologies: " Ventilation system, alternatives to
    air-conditioning" (English).
    Shin Maekawa. The Getty Conservation Institute. USA

16:30
    "Packing, transporting, deposit and security installations"
    (Spanish).

Thursday June 7
9 am

    "Fighting methods against pests and infections: new
    technologies". (Spanish).
    Nieves Valentmn. Biologist, Centro Superior de Investigaciones
    Cientificas. Spain.

12 pm
    "The artist facing the paper". (Spanish).
    Gonzalo Gonzalez Artist of Tenerife.

For more information, contact:

    CICOP (Centro Internacional Para la Conservacion del
    Patrimonio)
    c/Carrera, 5
    38201 La Laguna (Tenerife)
    Spain
    +34 922601100 ext. 337
    +34 922601167 (phone/fax)
    iicp [at] redkbs__com
    <URL:http://www.cicop.com>


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                  Conservation DistList Instance 14:48
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