[spectre] ISEA2020 ONLINE SUMMIT ON NEW MEDIA ART ARCHIVING, Oct. 16th

[Oliver Grau]

Close to 500 leading experts and the most influential institutions in
the field of new media and electronic arts were signatories to "MEDIA
ART NEEDS GLOBAL NETWORKED ORGANISATION & SUPPORT"
(http://www.mediaarthistory.org/declaration) aka The Liverpool
Declaration. 

Functioning as a mission statement, the Liverpool Declaration serves as
a foundation for further action that was already being discussed at the
25th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2019), in Gwangju,
Republic of Korea. A group of like-minded colleagues discussed
approaches towards the problems and potential of the archiving of new
media art. The overwhelming attendance to this meeting stressed the
growing need for collaboration, structure and funding.

As a next step, at ISEA2020, a full day networking summit will be
coordinated by the ISEA online Symposium Archives, the Archive of
Digital Art, the Ars Electronica Archive, and SIGGRAPH Digital Art Show
Archive. Aims of this summit are to discuss roads towards realizing the
Liverpool Declaration goals related to Media Art Archiving
collaboration, funding and formats. ur goal is to support research,
documentation and preservation of digital art by:

a.) developing international archive-research infrastructures, similar
to those already available in the natural sciences
b.) contributing to development of infrastructures with museums, which
are interested in bringing the art of our time into their collections
through concerted networks of scholarly and mostly technological
expertise. So that relatively small museums can also deal with the very
demanding challenge. 

As a global phenomenon, which deals with such topics as digitization,
digital culture and post-digital societies, digital art is an essential
part of our Digital Cultural Heritage. Due to the ephemerality of its
technologies, it challenges traditional conservation and archiving
practices. New paths for documenting our contemporary art within a
long-time preservation strategy are needed. This includes co-creative
and large-scale infrastructures between all the involved stakeholders.

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ISEA2020 ONLINE SUMMIT ON NEW MEDIA ART ARCHIVING 
October 16, 2020

Organised by the archives of: SIGGRAPH Digital Art Show, Archive of
Digital Art (ADA), Ars Electronica, ISEA
All sessions via ISEA2020*) except Break-out & Concluding sessions**)
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*8-9am Montreal / 1-2pm London / 2-3pm Vienna / 8-9pm HK / 11-12am
Melbourne*
Melanie SWALWELL (AU) Archiving Australian Media Arts: Towards a method
and a national collection
Rodrigo Guzman SERRANO (HK) A History of the Internet through MoMA’s
Exhibition Sites. Web-Archiving Art Content at NYARC. 
Hava ALBOUDY (IL) Archiving and Researching Media Art in Israel:
Challenges, Innovative Solutions, and Potential International
Collaborations.
Vladlena GROMOVA (RU) A Database of Interdisciplinary Art in Russia. 
LIVE Q&A

*9-10:20am Montreal / 2-3:20pm London / 3-4:20pm Vienna / 9-10:20pm HK
/ 12-1:20am (Tues) Melbourne*
Oliver GRAU (AT) Museum-Network Digital Arts: For a concerted
Collection, Documentation and Conservation Strategy (Including intro to
ADA). 
Christina RADNER (AT) The Ars Electronica Archives. 9.41-9.46 a.m. 
Bonnie MITCHEL (US) The SIGGRAPH Digital Art Show Archives.  
Wim van der PLAS (NL) & Bonnie MITCHELL (US) The ISEA Symposium
Archives.
LIVE Q&A

*10:20-11:15am Montreal / 3:20-4:15pm London / 4:20-5:15pm Vienna /
10:20-11:15pm HK / 1:20-2:15am (tues) Melbourne*
Scott RETTBERG (NO) ELMCIP Electronic Literature Knowledge Base. 
Camille BAKER (UK) Brief history of STARTS and STARTS related EU policy
overview. 
Adam LOCKHART (UK) VR as a Preservation and Simulation Tool for Media
Artwork Installations. 
LIVE Q&A

*11:15-12:10pm Montreal / 4:15-5:10pm London / 5:15-6:10pm Vienna /
11:15-12:10am (tues) HK / 2:15-3:10am (tues) Melbourne*
Tadeus MUCELLI (BR) Digital Art Festival, Biennial Of Digital Art and
Labcult (UFMG/PPGCI). 
Elisa Arca JARQUE (PE) ePPA: Space/ Platform for Audiovisual
preservation
Bertrand GERVAIS (CA) Carving out a Path: Building Research and
Knowledge environments (RKE) in a Digital Culture 
LIVE Q&A

*12:10-12:45pm Montreal / 5:15-6:10pm London / 6:15-7:10pm Vienna /
12:15-1:10am (tues) HK / 3:15-4:10am (tues) Melbourne*
Devon MORDELL (CA) Preservation Begins at Creation: An Embedded Digital
Archivist Within the University of Windsor’s School of Creative Arts.

Byeongwon HA (US) Archiving Interactive Art for Art Practitioners and
Theorists.  
LIVE Q&A

For these sessions you need to register via
https://isea2020.isea-international.org/registration/ 

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**1-2:30pm Montreal / 6-7:30pm London / 7-8:30pm Vienna / 1-2:30am
(tues) HK / 4-5:30am (tues) Melbourne**
BREAK OUT SESSIONS  (Live via ZOOM)
Connecting New Media Art Archives (Moderated by Bonnie Mitchell)
Creating Ties to Musea (Moderated by Wendy COONES)
Funding for New Media Art Archives (Brainstorm, Networking for
Fundraising Strategies) (Moderated by Oliver GRAU)

**2:35-4pm Montreal / 7:35-9pm London / 8:35-10pm Vienna / 2:35-4am
(tues) HK / 5:35-7am (tues) Melbourne**
CONCLUDING SESSION (Live via ZOOM)
Creating a roadmap towards the goals of the Liverpool Declaration
(www.mediaarthistory.org/declaration)
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Looking forward seeing you at the SUMMIT ON NEW MEDIA ART ARCHIVING!