ANNOUNCEMENT

Seminar “Documentation of Installation Art”

Thursday 1 December 2005

We are pleased to announce a seminar as part of the European project Preservation and Presentation of Installation Art.* 

The 1 day program has been organised by project co-organiser Restaurierungszentrum and is kindly hosted by the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie in Karlsruhe, Germany.

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Programme

9.00    Coffee

9:30            Welcome, Introduction

9:45            Documentation of Contemporary Art (working title)

            Harald Krämer, Bern

10:30            Documentation of Contemporary Art in Denmark (working title)

Louise Cone, Marianne Bech

11:00            Discussion

11:15  Coffee

11:45  Artists on Film (working title)

            Robert McNab, London

12:30            Videoregistration of Installation Art (working title)

            Gaby Weijers, Amsterdam

12:50  3D registration of Installation Art (3D Camera)(working title)

            Ulrike Baumgart, Bonn

13:10            Discussion

13:30  Lunch

14:30  Tour of ZKM

Seminar location

ZKM

Lorenzstraße 19

D - 76135 Karlsruhe

Germany

Phone +49-[0]721-8100-0

Fax +49-[0]721-8100-1139

website: ZKM

* Since June 1 2004 the Preservation and Presentation of Installation Art project has been underway. Initiated by the Instituut Collectie Nederland this research project into the management and conservation of installations is supported by the European Commission's Culture 2000 programme. Rapid obsolescence of media technologies, interactivity and, for instance, the site specific character of many installations are a challenge for prevailing views about long-term conservation, documentation and presentation. Thirty complex installations (many multimedia) will be re-installed, investigated and documented. By sharing their experience the partners work together to develop guidelines for conservation, re-installation and documentation of installation art. ICN is coordinator of the project which is co-organised by: Tate, London; Restaurierungszentrum, Düsseldorf; Stedelijk Museum for Modern Art (SMAK), Ghent; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid and the Foundation for the Conservation of Modern Art (SBMK) in The Netherlands.

The project runs through May 31, 2007.