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9:00am – 6:00pm

Symposium

Technical Conservation Issues of Time-Based Media

Andrew W. Mellon Symposium in Conservation Science

Arthur M. Sackler Museum @ 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

This symposium brings together scientists, conservators, artists, and curators to discuss the conservation issues of time-based media. It will focus on current scientific and technical topics as well as possible directions for future research. Organized by Lynn Lee, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Conservation Science, Harvard Art Museum/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies.

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9am Coffee and refreshments

9:30am
Welcome
Thomas W. Lentz, Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director, Harvard Art Museum

Introductory Remarks
Lynn Lee, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Conservation Science, Harvard Art Museum/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies

10am
Keynote Presentation: Clones, Copies, and Codices: Is It Conservation? Is It Science?
Pip Laurenson , head of time-based media conservation, Tate, London

11am
How I Got into TV
Peter Kirby, director and editor, Media Art Services, Los Angeles

11:45am
CD-R and CD-ROM Research at the Library of Congress
Stephen Hobaica, Preservation Research and Testing Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

12:30pm Lunch

2pm
Preserving Video: The Digital Transition
Angelo Sacerdote, preservation program manager, Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco

2:45pm
Using Emulation to Preserve Digital Artifacts: Recent Experiences and Thoughts of an Emulation Proponent
Jeff Rothenberg, senior computer scientist, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica

3:30pm Coffee break

4pm
The Virtualization of Agent Ruby: A Case Study in the Preservation of Web Art
Mark Hellar, principal, Hellar Studios, San Francisco

4:45pm
New Media beyond the White Cube: Preserving Digital Art
Christiane Paul, adjunct curator of new media arts, Whitney Museum of American Art; director of media studies graduate programs and associate professor of media studies, The New School, New York

5:30pm Reception

Free admission. Open to the public. No registration required.

Complimentary parking for this event is available at the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street.

For more information, please contact Kathleen Kennelly at 617-495-2392 or kathleen_kennelly@harvard.edu.

Funding for this symposium has been generously supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.