Workshop 1

Does your institution have a collection of time-based media works in need of a long-term preservation plan? Are you uncertain where to get started? This four-day hands-on workshop will provide an in-depth overview of the processes and workflows which can be implemented at collections without dedicated time-based media conservators. Participants will leave with the knowledge and tools to design and execute action plans at their institutions.

Caring for time-based media collection works is broadly acknowledged as a pan-institutional endeavor requiring direct involvement from curatorial, conservation, audio visual, IT, registrar and collection care staff. This will be reflected throughout the workshop curriculum as well as in the application itself which requires pairs of colleagues from the applying institution.

This workshop is open to pairs of applicants who are responsible for the care of a time-based media art collection. Applicant teams must include a curator and the person directly responsible for the care of the time-based media. This could be a conservator, audio visual technician, collection specialist or manager etc.  Priority will be given to those with significant collection needs, a critical need for staff training and demonstrable institutional desire to take action. 

Getting Started: A Shared Responsibility

Caring for Time-Based Media Artworks in Collections

 May 2-5, 2017 at The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ATTENDEES

Nancy Adelson, Deputy General Counsel, The Museum of Modern Art

Amy Brost, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation, The Museum of Modern Art

Athena Holbrook, Collection Specialist, Media & Performance Art, The Museum of Modern Art

Kate Lewis, Agnes Gund Chief Conservator, The Museum of Modern Art

Erica Papernik, Associate Curator, Media & Performance Art, The Museum of Modern Art

Sarah Primm, Assistant Registrar, The Museum of Modern Art

Amy Brost, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation, The Museum of Modern Art

Martina Haidvogl, Media Conservator, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Sarah Halpern, Independent Projectionist

Peter Oleksik, Associate Media Conservator, The Museum of Modern Art

Joanna Phillips, Conservator of Time-based Media, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Erik Piil, Conservation Associate at Kramlich Collection & New Art Trust

Reinhard Bek, Conservator of Contemporary Art, Bek & Frohnert LLC, New York

Doron Ben-Avraham, Head of Information Technologies, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Amy Brost, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation, The Museum of Modern Art

Jim Coddington, Former Agnes Gund Chief Conservator, The Museum of Modern Art  

Matthew Cox, Exhibition Designer, The Museum of Modern Art

Ben Fino-Radin, Founder, Small Data Industries

Christine Frohnert, Conservator of Contemporary Art, Bek & Frohnert LLC, New York, Time-based Media Art Conservation Program Coordinator, Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

Peter Guss, Head of Information Technologies, Whitney Museum of American Art

Martina Haidvogl, Media Conservator, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Thomas Lax, Associate Curator, Media & Performance Art, The Museum of Modern Art

Peter Oleksik, Associate Media Conservator, The Museum of Modern Art

Diana Pan, Chief Technology Officer, The Museum of Modern Art

Joanna Phillips, Conservator of Time-based Media, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Jan Postma, Chief Financial Officer, The Museum of Modern Art

Stefanii Ruta-Atkins, Head Registrar, The Museum of Modern Art