[spectre] ZKM/symposium/40yearsvideoart.de - Digital Heritage

[Irina Koutoudis]

ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe
ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
June 2005

Infomail No 13

»40yearsvideoart.de« - Digital Heritage

Symposium

Date: July 1 and 2

Venue: K20 | Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Grabbeplatz 5  
Trinkaus-Auditorium
40213 Düsseldorf


The futility of electronic data carriers such as magnetic tape has  
been the topic of a few symposia over time. The ubiquitous nature of  
electronic images makes it more urgent than ever to explore, discuss  
and analyse ways of preserving and restoring electronic images. The  
standards of restoration have been developed over many centuries but  
never been applied systematically to electronic images. What happens  
to artworks, to memory devices in general, if they become digital?  
Can we envision lasting storage devices within the digital realm? The  
rapid change of technological platforms certainly contributes to  
uncertainties and an unwillingness to tackle all these issues.
That is why, «40yearsvideoart.de – Digital Heritage» wants to further  
our understanding of these ongoing processes, to promote the open  
discussion of strategies as well as their impact on our notion of  
memory and the construction of history. To this end, we will gather  
international experts in Düsseldorf for a two-day symposium dedicated  
to the theoretical, historical, practical and artistic implications  
of the continuous migration of our electronic information.
Speakers include Katharina Ammann (University of Bern), Anita Beckers  
(Galerie Beckers, Frankfurt/Main), Christoph Blase (ZKM Karlsruhe),  
Hans D. Christ (Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart), Dieter  
Daniels (HGB Leipzig), Barbara Engelbach (Museum Ludwig, Cologne),  
Rudolf Frieling (ZKM Karlsruhe), Johannes Gfeller (HKB Bern), Boris  
Groys (HfG Karlsruhe), Hans Dieter Huber (Akademie der bildenden  
Künste Stuttgart), Dieter Kiessling (artist, Düsseldorf), Caitlin  
Jones (Guggenheim Museum, New York), Ulrich Lang (Museum Moderne  
Kunst, Frankfurt/Main), Stephen Partridge/Jackie Hatfield (Duncan of  
Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee), Walter Plaschzug (HS-Art, Graz),  
Bart Rutten (Montevideo, Amsterdam), Sandra Thomas/Alexandra Wessels  
(235 Media, Köln), Stephan Urbaschek (Goetz-Sammlung, München),  
Heather Weaver (Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco), Tina  
Weidner/Yvonne Mohr (Tate Modern, London, ZKM Karlsruhe).
(subject to change)

Check for abstracts and programme: www.40jahrevideokunst.de
Simultaneous German – English translation will be available.  
Participation in the symposium is free of charge but we welcome  
online registration.

This initiative project is financed by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes  
(Federal Cultural Foundation) and organized by Center for Art and  
Media Karlsruhe (head of project) and the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein- 
Westfalen (K21), Dusseldorf (official project carrier) in cooperation  
with the partners Kunsthalle Bremen, Lenbachhaus Munich, and Museum  
of Fine Arts, Leipzig. Additional funding for the symposium was  
provided by the British Council.

For further information see the project Web site or contact:

ZKM Center for Art and Media
Rudolf Frieling – Head of Project
Lorenzstr. 19
D- 76135 Karlsruhe
Tel. +49 (0)721 8100 1703
frieling at zkm.de,

ZKM Center for Art and Media
Heike Helfert – Project Coordinator
Lorenzstr. 19
D- 76135 Karlsruhe
Tel. +49 (0)721 8100 1721
helfert at zkm.de