IIC Congress

"The Decorative: Conservation and the Applied Arts"
Monday - Friday, 10-14 September 2012

IIC is delighted to present the 24th biennial IIC Congress, and
IIC's second such event in Vienna, the first having taken place over
thirty years ago in 1980. This new event will be held at the new
campus of the University of Vienna, situated in the heart of the
city. Full details are available on the congress website

    <URL:http://www.iiconservation.org/congress>

The 2012 Congress will focus on a topic that is uniquely well-suited
to Vienna's wealth and breadth of decorative and applied arts
heritage. Ornament and decoration have been evident in human
endeavour since the beginning of human history, ranging from the
bold clarity of ancient Egypt to the great period of Jugendstil and
the Vienna Secession around 1900 and on to the exuberant revivals of
today. Wherever civilisations have developed, many of their forms of
cultural expression can be considered as 'decorative' or 'applied'
arts. The congress topic coincides with Vienna's Klimt 2012
celebrations, on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Gustav Klimt.

The decorative and applied arts have contributed greatly towards
both the practical and the social aspects of everyday life as they
have responded to contemporary needs and material inventions.
However, technologically innovative aspects of the artifacts
produced have sometimes been underrated, while their aesthetic
qualities have been studied intensively. The multidisciplinary
approach of conservators can help to unravel the fascinating story
of some of these artifacts in their original context.

Outline format

    Technical programme part 1
    Monday and Tuesday, 10-11 September 2012

    Excursions within and beyond Vienna
    Wednesday, 12 September 2012

    Technical programme part 2
    Thursday and Friday, 13-14 September 2012

    Post-congress tours
    Saturday and Sunday,
    15-16 September 2012

A full programme of social events is planned, including receptions
in two of the city's most important museums and the Congress Dinner
in Vienna's Gothic Revival style Rathaus, a marvellous building in
the very centre of Vienna.

The language of the congress and its publications is English.

There will be poster displays and a trade show by suppliers and
service providers.  Parallel meetings will include those for student
participants, for members of the IIC Fellowship, for representatives
of IIC Regional Groups and for grant recipients.

What registration brings you: The registration fee covers attendance
throughout the event, morning and afternoon refreshments every day
of the technical programme, the printed Congress Preprints, prior
on-line access to the abstracts and papers, attendance at the
evening receptions and the Vienna morning excursions on Wednesday.
There will be an additional fee for the Congress Dinner and for the
excursions on the Wednesday afternoon to the Abbey of
Klosterneuburg, as well as to the post-congress tours. The Congress
Organising Committee also includes colleagues from Bratislava,
Budapest, and Prague who invite congress participants to take part
in the post-congress tours in their home towns. Those accompanying
participants at the Congress are welcome to join the opening and
farewell receptions at no cost; additional places for guests at the
Congress dinner or on the post-congress tours are available and can
be booked at the same cost as for the main applicant.

Register now. You can register easily at the IIC web-site:

    <URL:http://www.iiconservation.org>

You will see that the registration fee is discounted for members of
IIC; you can take advantage of this by joining IIC now, and you will
also gain all the other benefits of membership of IIC as well.

Graham Voce
Executive Secretary
International Institute for Conservation
of Historic and Artistic Works
3, Birdcage Walk
London SW1H 9JJ
UK
+44 20 7799 5500
Fax: +44 20 7799 4961


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