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Preservation Methods
Starting point for documentation and preservation is the knowledge of the artist intention and opinion needed to make proper decisions. Focussing on scale of acceptable variability and documentation.
Next to all mention above the development of specific criteria for successful conservation and judgements and decisions to make the active conservation of is important. Multidisciplinary tasks related to visual arts preservation practise, library science, Information and Communication Technology a.s.o. Carried out by curators, conservators, artists and technicians.
Preservation of Video Art is in need of:
- Documentation
- Storage of tapes and/or equipment
- Migration of media elements
- Cooperative projects
- Contact with the artist
Proper preserving starts always with documenting/cataloguing the work: artist, title, length and year of production, followed by format (DVD, Betacam etc.), system (PAL, NTSC etc.) and status (number of copies of a work and which one you have). It is very important to know who owns the copyright and what rights are available to the institution.
The videotape has known over 50 different analogue registration systems, the oldest of which dates back to 1965.
The source, as starting point for the digitisation, may raise several questions about the form in which a work manifests itself. Also the importance of the technology used may raise questions. To get closer to answers for all those it is important to return to the source of an artwork: the artist. He may have opinions on, interest in and rights to preserving the work.
The preservation of media art in general and video art specifically is a complex issue. Next to all mention above the development of specific criteria for successful conservation and judgements and decisions to make the active conservation of is important. Multidisciplinary tasks related to visual arts preservation practise, library science, Information and Communication Technology a.s.o. Carried out by curators, conservators, artists and technicians.
The starting point for documentation and preservation is a knowledge about the artists’ intention and opinion which is needed to make suitable decisions, as well as focussing on the scale of acceptable variability.
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