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Workshop: TechFocus III--addendum

From: Abigail Choudhury <achoudhury<-at->
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2015
TechFocus III: Caring for Software-based Art
September 25-26, 2015
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

See:

    <URL:http://cool.conservation-us.org/cool/techfocus/techfocus-iii-caring-for-computer-based-art-software-tw/>

Program

Day 1: Friday Sept. 25, 2015

    8:30 - 9:30am       Breakfast, registration and laptop prep for
                        Day 2 Practical Sessions

    9:30 - 9:40         Welcome

                            Helen Bailey
                            Chair of the Electronic Media Group
                            (EMG) of the American Institute for
                            Conservation of Historic and Artistic
                            Works (AIC); Digital Curation Analyst
                            MIT Libraries

    9:40 - 10           Approaching the Challenge: Caring for
                        Software-based Art in Museum Collections

                            Joanna Phillips
                            Time-based Media Conservator
                            Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

    10 - 10:30          The Evolution of Software-based Art: A
                        History of Art Production and Curatorial
                        Practice

                            Christiane Paul Associate Professor
                            School of Media Studies at The New
                            School; Adjunct Curator of New Media
                            Arts at the Whitney Museum of American
                            Art

    10:30 - 11          The History of Technology underlying the
                        Evolution of Software-based Art

                            Mark Hellar
                            Principal
                            Hellar Studios LLC

    11 - 11:30          Coffee Break

    11:30 - 12pm        The Anatomy of the Artwork: Dissecting
                        Software-based Art

                            Mona Jimenez Associate Arts
                            Professor Associate Director, Moving
                            Image Archiving and Preservation, Tisch
                            School of the Arts,
                            New York University

    12 - 12:30          Case Study #1: Acquiring and Documenting
                        Jurg Lehni's "Viktor" (2006-)

                            Martina Haidvogl Advanced Fellow in the
                            Conservation of Contemporary Art
                            SFMOMA

    12:30 - 1           Case Study #2: Examination and Code:
                        Analysis of Siebren Versteeg's "Untitled
                        Film 2" (2006)

                            Brian Castriota Samuel H. Kress Fellow
                            in Time-based Media Conservation
                            Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

                            Mia Matthias
                            Minor in Web Programming and
                            Applications, Class of 2015
                            New York University

                            Jiwon Shin Major in Computer Science,
                            Class of 2016
                            New York University Abu Dhabi

                            Caroline Slason Minor in Web Programming
                            and Applications, Class of 2015
                            New York University

    1 - 2:30            Lunch Break

    2:30 - 3            Identifying the Artwork's Significances
                        and Work-defining Properties

                            Panel with artists Jurg Lehni and
                            Siebren Versteeg

    3 - 3:30            Case Study #3: Preparing for Exhibition:
                        Feng Mengbo "Long March: Restart" (2008)

                            Ben Fino-Radin Digital Repository
                            Manager
                            MoMA

                            Kate Lewis, Media Conservator, MoMA

    3:30 - 4            Case Study #4: Virtualizing John
                        Gerrard's "Sow Farm" (2009), or not?

                            Patricia Falcao Time-Based Media
                            Conservator, Tate

                            Annet Dekker Researcher Digital
                            Preservation,
                            Tate

    4 - 4:30            Coffee Break

    4:30 - 5            Preserving 2000 Net Artworks: Practical
                        Approaches to Object Identification,
                        Risk Assessment and Permanent Access at
                        Scale

                            Dragan Espenschied
                            Digital Conservator
                            Rhizome

    5 - 5:30            Assessing Risks and developing Conservation
                        Strategies

                            Panel with Day 1 speakers

Day 2: Saturday Sept. 26, 2015

    8:30 - 9:30am       Breakfast, registration and laptop prep for
                        Day 2 Practical Sessions

    9:30 - 11           Practical Session: Bring your own laptop

                            Part I: Understanding Code as the
                            Foundation of Software-based Art: Coding
                            Exercise in "Processing"

                            Part II: Introduction to the Concept of
                            Version Control as a Preservation and
                            Documentation Tool for Software-based
                            Art: Exercises employing "GitHub"

                            Deena Engel Clinical Professor and
                            Associate Director of Undergraduate
                            Studies for the Computer Science Minors
                            programs, Department of Computer
                            Science, Courant Institute of
                            Mathematical Sciences New York
                            University

                            Mark Hellar
                            Principal
                            Hellar Studios LLC

    11 - 11:30          Coffee Break

    11:30 - 1pm         Practical Session: Bring your own laptop

                            Part III: Creating Disk Images of
                            Software-based Artworks

                            Part IV: Storing and Accessing Disk
                            Images through Emulation

                            Ben Fino-Radin Digital Repository
                            Manager
                            MoMA

    1- 2:30             Lunch Break

    2:30 - 3            Disk Image-and then what? Sustainable
                        Long-Term Storage and Access

                            Helen Bailey Digital Curation
                            Analyst,
                            MIT Libraries

    3-3:30              The Documentation of Artists' Source Code as
                        a Preservation Tool

                            Deena Engel Clinical Professor and
                            Associate Director of Undergraduate
                            Studies for the Computer Science Minors
                            programs, Department of Computer
                            Science, Courant Institute of
                            Mathematical Sciences
                            New York University

                            Glenn Wharton Clinical
                            Associate Professor of Museum Studies
                            New York University

    3:30 - 4            The Documentation of the Audiovisual
                        Output and Interactive Experience

                            Agathe Jarczyk
                            Lecturer, Bern University of the Arts
                            Owner, Studio for Video Conservation

    4 - 4:30            Coffee Break

    4:30 - 5:15         The Integration of Software-based Art into
                        the Collection Management Establishment

                            Panel with Annet Dekker, Martina
                            Haidvogl, Kate Lewis and Joanna Phillips

    5:15 - 5:45         Conclusion

                            Panel with Day 2 speakers

Register by going to

    <URL:http://www.conservation-us.org/TechFocus3>

Abigail Choudhury
Development and Education Coordinator
Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic
    and Artistic Works
1156 15th Street NW, Suite 320
Washington DC 20005-1714
202-661-8070
Fax: 202-452-9328


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