Richard Gagnier

Plenary: Changing Nature of Collections Hall A, MECC Chair: Lisa Jones Richard Gagnier Head of Conservation, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada The concept of integrity as the guiding framework to the preservation of time-based media art and installation Sponsored by:

DOCAM GUIDE FOR PRESERVATION
Richard Gagnier
Head of conservation Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
The concept of integrity as guiding framework to the preservation of time-based media art

The main goal of the Research Alliance DOCAM is to implement new tools and methodologies adapted to the Conservation and Documentation of artistic practises involving media technologies. During the five years tenure of this project, many case studies will address preservation issues of Time-based media art work as well as peculiarities of archival collection composed of technologically based information carrier materials.

Obsolescence : How to counteract
via the migration or the emulation process
Assure best support quality for the work’s content
(imply stability + information stockpilling capacity)
Assure that related equipment has a possible sustained lifespan

Migration
To migrate an artwork involves upgrading equipment and source material.
Emulation
To emulate a work is to devise a way of imitating the original look of the piece by completely different means.
* Defenitions from the glossary of The Variable Media Approach

The integrity of an artwork in relation to the display equipment
Based on the evaluation and relative importance of three values in relation to the significance of the artwork (Laurenson, 2004)
Conceptual
Historical
Aesthetic

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Installation schematic drawing, acquisition presentation, 1997

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