[spectre] Rescheduled: Media Art Preservation Institute - 5-day professional training - Dec 12-16, 2020

[Oliver Grau]

    We are pleased to announce we have new dates for the rescheduled
event:
    from June now to Dec 12-16, 2020
    
    The Department for Image Science invites participation in the Media
Art
    Preservation Institute 
    held at the Danube University Krems, located 70km from Vienna in
the
    UNESCO World Heritage Wachau region. 
    
    Danube University is the leading public university in Europe
    specializing in advanced continuing education by offering
low-residency
    degree programs for working professionals and continuing education
/
    advanced studies. The Media Art Preservation Institute provides 5
ECTS
    of material in the MediaArtHistories, MA curriculum. 
    
    The Media Art Preservation Institute takes place Saturday –
Wednesday
    December 12-16, 2020. 
    
    PROGRAM:
    
    Saturday - Dec 12th , 2020 – 15:00 - 18:00
    Challenges, Needs and Current State of Media Art Preservation
    
    Sunday – Dec 13th, 2020 – 9:30 - 18:00
    Expanding Strategic Archiving and Documentation
    
    Monday – Dec 14th, 2020 – 9:30 - 18:00
    Media Art Material Conservation from Analog to Digital
    
    Tuesday – Dec 15th, 2020 – 9:30 - 18:00
    Developing Preservation Strategies Across Stakeholders
    
    Wednesday – Dec 16th, 2020 – 9:30 - 16:00
    Results, Resources & Wrap-up
    
    
    Lecturers: Patricia FALCAO, Andreas WEISSER, Laurent MIGNONNEAU,
Wendy
    COONES, Oliver GRAU
    
    
    DESCRIPTION:
    Media Art is in the process of entering museums and archives,
galleries
    and private collections, and other more unexpected places. However,
this
    art form is threatened by significant loss due to rapid
technological
    obsolescence and insufficient documentation strategies. The
special
    needs required to care for this valuable and fragile heritage is
slowly
    becoming obvious. Understanding the tenets of media art
preservation is
    no longer a niche, but useful skills and knowledge in an expanding
    field. 
    To contribute to the development of this expertise the Danube
    University Krems is pleased to offer a professional training
institute
    introducing fundamental concepts for the preservation of media art.
This
    workshop brings together knowledge and experience in conservation
&
    documentation from experts in both academic, institutional and
private
    practice. Interacting with a varied group of participants, the
institute
    will facilitate a mix of clearly structured lectures, practical
    exercises and lively group discussions. Resource materials and
deep
    investigation of case-studies enable future practical use. 
    The activities will give participants the opportunity to learn
about
    the materials of media art, the risks for their preservation, and
the
    strategies available for some of the specific media, such as
audio,
    video interfaces or software. Participants will also learn about
    different methods and aims of documentation, and some of the
varied
    approaches being used in the field.
    The 5-day institute brings together the critical mass of expertise
with
    representation from Media Art historians, archivists, artists
preserving
    collected works, and of course conservators and restoration
specialists
    from both collecting institutions and freelance.
    TARGET GROUP:
    Anyone involved with cultural, collecting or archiving
institutions.
    Conservators and conservation lecturers / grad students, AV
technicians,
    media artists, archivists, registrars, curators, collectors.
Researchers
    in art history, media studies, (media) archeology or digital
cultural
    heritage. 
    
    APPLICATION: 
    A maximum of 24 may participate in this professional training.
    Deadline to apply - Oct 1
    Notification by Oct 12. 
    Places made available after April 3rd will be given to those on
the
    waiting list or given on a first come first serve basis. 
    Staff at universities in Erasmus+ program countries may apply for
    Erasmus+ mobility funds. Please, contact the International Office
at
    your home institution about staff training funds available for
travel
    and accommodation.
    
    www.donau-uni.ac.at/dbw/institute