IIC Congress

"Saving the Now: Crossing Boundaries to Conserve Contemporary Works"
IIC Congress
Los Angeles
Monday - Friday 12-16 September 2016

IIC is delighted to present the 26th biennial IIC Congress in Los
Angeles, organised in collaboration with INCCA.  Blessed with an
energetic contemporary arts scene, Los Angeles is an entirely
appropriate location for the 2016 IIC Congress on this diverse,
complex, challenging and endlessly exciting area of creativity,
energy and imagination.  Reflecting one aspect of the rich and
varied history of the city's architectural styles, the congress will
be held at the historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel, situated downtown
in the centre of the cultural district.

The diversity of materials, processes and modes of creative
expression making up our contemporary cultures presents ever more
complex challenges for the conservation profession:

In contemporary works, materials such as paint or other surface
coatings and plastics need to be conserved, but, at the same time,
similar paints and plastics are also used in the conservation of
works: may this lead to confusion in later years?

The technologies of video and colour photography, which are the
essence of some modern installations, may no longer be current.  If
these or colour transparencies are replaced by digital media, is the
artwork the same or different?

As well as being an essential component of museum and gallery
display conditions, lighting is itself the subject of many
contemporary works; if part of a lighting context, such as the
lightbulb, becomes obsolete what are the options?

What is the relationship between a work and its replica?

If a work is moved from the place for which it was originally
constructed to another location its context has changed; this may
have an impact on the conservation treatment.

Ethnographic and indigenous works can present a range of unfamiliar
challenges, but also novel solutions.

Street and performance art have their own particular issues.

Outline format:

    Technical programme: 12-16 September (Monday to Friday)

    Tours in and around Los Angeles: 15 September (Thursday
    afternoon)

An exciting programme of social events is planned, including two
evening receptions in downtown Los Angeles and a spectacular Grand
Event on Wednesday evening at the world famous Los Angeles County
Museum of Art (LACMA).

The poster display, including the very popular student poster
section, will be held close to the trade fair, enabling you to visit
the leading suppliers and service providers in the field, as well as
seeing the reports of recent research and projects.

Parallel meetings will be held for members of the IIC Fellowship,
representatives of IIC Regional Groups, student participants and
grant recipients during the Congress week, there will also be the
chance to meet the trade fair participants and sponsors at sponsored
events throughout the week.

The language of the congress and the Congress printed publications
is English.

What registration brings you:

The registration fee covers attendance throughout the event,
including buffet breakfast and morning and afternoon refreshments
every day of the technical programme, attendance at the both evening
receptions and the printed Congress Preprints.  There will be an
additional fee for the Congress Grand Event on Thursday Dinner and
for Guests and Partners as well as participation in Thursday's tours
to experience the cultural scenes of Los Angeles.  There will be day
tickets available for each day of the Congress and special 'partner'
tickets if registered participants wish to bring partners to the
breakfasts and evening receptions

The registration fee is discounted for current members of IIC;
consider joining IIC now, to save that money and get all the other
benefits of membership straight away.  Register now.

You can register easily at

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

We look forward to seeing you there.

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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