[spectre] Call: Summit on New Media Art Archiving - ISEA Dubai 2026

[oliver.grau at mediaarthistories.org]

6th Summit on New Media Art Archiving - ISEA Dubai 2026

 

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 

Accepting: Papers, Panels, Short Archive Presentations and Round Table
Discussions

https://www.isea-symposium-archives.org/6th-summit-on-new-media-art-archivin
g/

 

  Deadline: January 15, 2026  

 

The Summit on New Media Archiving is a gathering of scholars, art
practitioners, academics, archivists, curators, and technicians who are
interested in critical issues related to media art histories. Through the
exchange of knowledge, this summit hopes to facilitate the documentation,
preservation, and dissemination of information related to both physical and
online archiving of electronic and emerging art. 

As digital and electronic arts continue to evolve, preserving artworks and
archiving information requires rethinking traditional archival methods. It
is necessary to continually adapt to new technologies, methodologies and
practices. This summit serves as an important international platform for
discussing the theoretical and practical challenges of new media art
archiving.

 

 

HISTORY 

The Summit on New Media Art Archiving emerged from two roundtable
discussions held first at ISEA2018 in Durban, South Africa then at ISEA2019
in Gwangju, South Korea. These discussions served as a foundation for
expanding connections amongst new media art institutions and archivists.
Consequently, the First Summit on New Media Art Archiving took place
virtually at ISEA2020 in Montreal during COVID, followed by subsequent
Summits at ISEA2022 in Barcelona, ISEA2023 in Paris and ISEA2024 in
Brisbane, culminating in the 5th Summit hosted at ISEA2025 in Seoul. Also,
in February 2025, a workshop was held at ZKM in Germany which focused on
connecting new media archives around the world. This year the 6th Summit on
New Media Art Archiving will be held in conjunction with ISEA2026 in Dubai
during the week of 10-19 April 2026 (most likely the first 2 days - TBD).

 

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS 

The Summit on New Media Art Archiving is an international, collaborative
initiative involving the following archive partners: ISEA Symposium
Archives, Archive of Digital Art (ADA), ZKM Archives, ACM SIGGRAPH History
Archive, Electronic Language International Festival (FILE) Archives,
MEMODUCT Posthuman Archive, Ars Electronica and a number of research
institutions that focus on new media archiving. This dedicated group aims to
connect new media art (and related) archives around the globe and enhance
the archiving and preservation efforts of new media art.

 

UAE LOCAL PARTNERS 

The Summit team is very interested in working with local partners who work
with new media art and archiving.  New media art archiving in the UAE is a
growing field with universities and art institutions focusing on the digital
preservation of artifacts and also making previously inaccessible
collections available online.

 

TOPICS

*	New directions in online new media art archiving
*	The challenges of physical new media art archives
*	New technologies for archiving
*	Interdisciplinary and cultural exchange of information
*	The Summit is accepting: 
*	paper presentations (short and long)
*	panel discussions (4-5 participants)
*	short archive presentations (5 minutes each)
*	roundtable discussions (propose a topic)

 

FORMAT

Accepted submissions are encouraged to attend the Summit in person. If you
are unable to attend, you may deliver your talk in-person via Zoom remotely.
Panels and papers may have speakers both in-person and remote.  Remote
attendees should be able to engage with the speakers by asking questions and
contributing to roundtable discussions.

 

SUBMISSION 

The Summit on New Media Art Archiving will be accepting submissions soon via
EasyChair. The link to EasyChair will be posted ASAP - check back:
https://www.isea-symposium-archives.org/6th-summit-on-new-media-art-archivin
g/

 

 

Prof. aD Dr. habil. Dr. hc Oliver Grau, MAE

European ARCHIVE OF DIGITAL ART (ADA) www.archive-digitalart.eu
<http://www.archive-digitalart.eu> 

International Society for MediaArtHistories www.mediaarthistories.org
<http://www.mediaarthistories.org> 

 

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