Conference on installation art

Conservation of Installation Art with Arianne Vanrell
Museum London
421 Ridout Street North
London, ON, Canada
519-661-0333
Friday, November 23, 2012
11 am to 4 pm

Network with colleagues and learn about cutting-edge conservation
techniques and technology during this one-day conference with
Arianne Vanrell from the Museo Reina Sofia at Museum London.

Public Lecture
11 am to 12 noon
Cost: Free

Afternoon Workshop with Lunch
12 noon to 4 pm
Cost: $50, $25 students

Target Audience:  This conference is well-suited for art
conservators, curators, collections managers, registrars, students
of these disciplines, and those curious about conservation and
installation art.

Arianne Vanrell has worked in the Department of
Conservation-Restoration at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina
Sofia, Madrid, since 2002. She graduated with a BA in Art History,
followed by an MA in Conservation and Restoration in Cultural Goods
from the University de Paris 1, Pantheon-Sorbonne. She also holds a
Diploma in Advanced Studies (DEA) in Conservation and Restoration
from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She has coordinated the
Spanish section of the European Project Inside Installations
(2002-07) and Inside Installations Latin America (2008-10), as well
as the Spanish section of the PRACTIC Project (2009-11). She
coordinates the Iberoamerican Network of Conservation of
Contemporary Art and INCCA Iberoamerica Group.

Conference Schedule

    Public Lecture
    11:00 am to 12:00 noon
    Lecture Theatre
    Cost: Free

    "Installation art" encompasses a wide range of artistic projects
    that incorporate everyday and natural materials as well as new
    media technologies such as video, sound, performance, and the
    Internet. The ephemeral nature of installation work presents
    challenges for the museum and art conservator alike who must
    exhibit and preserve the work while remaining loyal to the
    artist's aesthetic and intellectual intentions. This lecture
    will highlight the difficulties of conserving such collections
    and will share new alternatives and conservation strategies.

    Afternoon Workshop with Lunch
    12 noon to 4:00 pm
    Lorraine Ivey Shuttleworth Gallery
    Cost: $50, $25 students

    The collection of installations and other complex pieces at the
    Museo Reina Sofia has increased significantly in the last few
    years, and the presence of diverse elements and the use of
    technologies that are difficult to conserve propose new
    challenges to the maintenance and exhibition of these
    collections. The Reina Sofia has adapted new methodologies for
    improving the understanding and documentation of these works,
    which in turn better their conservation and establish protocols
    of use and criteria for intervention that ease their exhibition
    and allow for their loan to other institutions. This workshop
    will show how our strategies as conservators and restorers have
    changed in the face of these challenges, and how this has
    influenced decisions and criteria when conserving installations.

In partnership the Department of Modern Languages and Literature and
the Visual Arts Department at Western University.


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