Conference on conservation of sculpture parks--addendum

Conference

SPark: Conservation of Sculpture Parks
Sisak, Croatia
September 14-16, 2015

There is still time to register for the SPark: Conservation of
Sculpture Parks conference.  The conference, which will take place
in Sisak, Croatia, September 14-16, 2015, welcomes conservators,
curators, collection managers, conservation scientists, museum
educators, artists, landscape architects, urban planners and
representatives of municipal departments responsible for the public
art.

The conference will address various aspects related to the
conservation of outdoor sculpture collections, from engaging the
public and managing a collection to technical questions on how to
carry out conservation treatments.  In total there will be 14
lectures:

    "The Sculpture Park in Sisak: In search of answers"
        Sagita Mirjam Sunara (Croatia)

    "Museum "Collection in a Public Space"
        Agnieszka Wielocha (Poland)

    "How the 'Seven Deadly Agents of Destruction' Can Help Preserve
    the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs"
        Liesa Brierley
        Ellinor Michel
        Anthony Lewis
        Chris Aldhous
        Lois Olmstead (England, UK)

    "The Biedermeier Cemetery of St. Marx in Vienna: Planning,
    management and treatment implementation"
        Matea Ban
        Martin Pliessing (Austria)

    "Conservation Plan for the Forma Viva Sculpture Park in
    Kostanjevica na Krki"
        Rok Dolnicar
        Miladi Makuc Semion (Slovenia)

    "When Art Meets Technology: Can the Love Affair Last?  The
    legacy of the 1965 Sculpture Symposium at the California State
    University Long Beach and the challenges of maintaining a
    sculpture park on university campus"
        Rachel Rivenc
        Julia Langenbacher
        Rosa Lowinger
        Christina Varvi
        Maria Coltharp
        Brian Trimble (USA)

    "The Spoerri Sculpture Garden in Seggiano (Italy): Regular
    maintenance within a challenging environment"
        Alfredo Aldrovandi
        Elisa Pannunzio
        Luigi Vigna (Italy)

    "Small SPark Ignites Big Discussion: The Vjenceslav Richter and
    Nada Kares Richter Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art,
    Zagreb, Croatia
        Mirta Pavic
        Vesna Mestric (Croatia)

    "The Restoration and Care of Zinc Sculptures in the Baroque
    Garden of Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark"
        Anders Ekstroem Loekkegaard (Denmark)

    "Local Treatment for Monochrome Outdoor Painted Metal
    Sculptures: Assessing the suitability of conservation paints for
    retouching"
        Nikki van Basten
        Catherine Defeyt
        Julia Langenbacher
        Rachel Rivenc (The Netherlands, USA)

    "The Eternal Youth of Capalbio's Monsters: A preservative and
    preventive conservation project"
        Serena Vella
        Claudia Bortolussi
        Bruno Zanardi (Italy)

    "Defining and Preserving Sculptural Landscapes"
        Andrew Thorn (Australia)

    "Conservation and Documentation of Site-Specific Collections"
        Marta Gomez Ubierna (Italy)

    "La Comella or the Spirit of Non-Conservation: The Rufino Mesa
    Sculpture Garden"
        Aida Marin Yrigaray (Spain)

On the first day of the conference a roundtable will be held on the
topic of sculpture parks as a resource from which a local community
can have manifold benefits.  We shall hear about the initiative for
the preservation of neglected sculpture parks in Croatia, discuss
what the artists find important in the presentation of their
sculptures outdoors, find out how sculpture parks can be made more
accessible to disabled persons, learn about cultural heritage
management and how to integrate sculpture parks into thematic
cultural routes.

The poster session will take place on the second day of the
conference.  In total there will be six posters.

The conference tour, scheduled to take place on the third day of the
conference, will include a walking tour of the Sisak Sculpture Park,
a visit the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, and a guided tour
of the Vjenceslav Richter and Nada KareS-Richter Collection, also in
Zagreb.  The Richter Collection boasts a small, but outstanding
sculpture park.

Full details of the event (conference program, paper and poster
abstracts, travel grant, accommodation) can be found at:

    <URL:https://spark2015sisak.wordpress.com>

Registration is open until September 7, 2015.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us:
spark.conference.sisak<-at->gmail<.>com


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