The document discusses various aspects of preserving interactive media, highlighting the importance of technical preservation methods such as migration, emulation, and documentation. It features contributions from experts in the field and references multiple resources and initiatives aimed at supporting the preservation of digital works, particularly in art and education. Key examples include case studies on web archaeology and the preservation of video games, emphasizing the significance of capturing interactive experiences.

1. PRESERVING
INTERACTIVE MEDIA
#preservinginteractivemedia
Still from Decasia - Bill Morrison’s ode to decaying nitrate stock

2. Johan Oomen
Head of Research at
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision -
@johanoomen
Megan Lindsay
Product Manager for WebVR and Chrome VR at
Google
Koven Smith
Director of Digital Adaptation at
Blanton Museum of Art - @5easypieces
hello

4. CONFERENCE, MARKET,
TALENT PROGRAMS

5. EXHIBITION

6. COMMISSIONED PROJECTS
http://www.veryveryshort.com/

7. www.veryveryshort.com/

8. Interactieve Documentary Canon
http://www.doclab.org/100-2/
Report of the 2016 expert panel on preservation
https://www.beeldengeluid.nl/en/blogs/research-amp-development-en/201702/future-proofing-interactive-works
Update or Die conference, May 2017
https://phi-centre.com/en/event/update-or-die/

9. Bear 71 VR National Film Board of Canada
Bear 71 VR National Film Board of Canada
https://blog.google/products/google-vr/vr-your-browser-see-world-grizzly/

10. Ben Fino-Radin (Small Data Industries)
https://medium.com/@benfinoradin/digital-preservation-in-the-artist-s-
studio-8951e564bb3e#.l97h7ztgm
Preservation = More Than Tech
photo: Erwin Verbruggen
https://github.com/antimodular/Best-practices-for-conservation-of-media-art

11. Technical Preservation
Migration
Emulation
Documentation
Re-staging
de Vos, J. (2013). Preserving Interactives. Preserving audio-visual materials in a post-broadcasting paradigm. VU University. http://publications.beeldengeluid.nl/pub/31/

12. https://github.com/antimodular/Best-practices-for-conservation-of-media-art

13. http://www.haykranen.nl/2014/09/22/what-i-learned-from-exhibiting-minecraft-in-a-museum/
https://vimeo.com/51425368
Netherlands Institute
for Sound and Vision

14. Migration - Web archeology
https://www.slideshare.net/tjarda/project-the-digital-city-revives-a-case-study-of-web-archaeology
The Digital City
(1994-2001)

15. Selection criteria:
Dutch
80-90s
award winning
supported by government funds
& emphasis on:
education and applied games
pioneering organizations and
individuals
Emulation - Game archiving

16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjmXX-p0Pz8

17. Documentation - Lets play video’s
Newman, J. (2012). Best Before: Videogames, Supersession and Obsolescence. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis.
“The capturing of games in and at play […] should be the
core objective of game preservation” (Newman, 2012)

19. https://store.archive.org/internet-archive-gear/internet-archive-t-shirt-game-not-over/
@johanoomen
thanks to: Caspar Sonnen,
Erwin Verbruggen, Jesse
de Vos.

20. labs.beeldengeluid.nl
@benglabs