For a few decades now, digitalization has enabled and simplified the
processing and distribution of data; digital data are available on the
Internet for all users at all times. Basically, however, the conservation
of digital content has been subject to an increasingly rapid adaptation
to new technical systems. This circumstance creates uncertainty
concerning the sustainability of our cultural memory.
Using ten case studies, within the context of the EU research project
digital art conservation concepts were developed for the long-term
conservation of the type of art works, which have become fragile due
to rapidly changing technology. Together with other works from the
ZKM collection these ten case studies form the core of Digital Art
Works. The Challenges of Conservation. The works open up the broad
spectrum of problems in the conservation of digital art and point to
the necessity of preservation.
Digital Art Works
The exhibition at the ZKM | Media Museum explores questions related to collecting, exhibiting, and maintaining computer–based art works and makes the work concerning digital conservation visible.
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- 31 December 2011
- Karlsruhe
Embedded in the didactic supporting program, the art works themselves will stand at the center: classics such as Nam June Paik's Internet Dream or Jeffrey Shaw's The Legible City will be available to visitors of the exhibition as will be the latest computer hackings by the Dutch artist duo Jodi, or the diagram poetry by the French Antoine Schmitt. Digital Art Works, then, stays abreast of an art genre that is representative of our age and art form's life of its own both inside and outside of the museum.
Digital Art Works. The Challenges of Conservation
Curated by Bernhard Serexhe, Chiara Marchini Camia, Arnaud Obermann
Oct. 29th, 2011–Feb. 12th, 2012
ZKM | Media Museum