Focus:Archives

VALIE EXPORT Center Linz – Guided Tour

The managing director of VALIE EXPORT Center Dagmar Schink will host the special guided tour during the Ars Electronica Festival.

Networked Archives

Oliver Grau (DE), Dagmar Schink (AT), Christiane Paul (DE/US), Mariano Sardón (AR), Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (MX/CA), Manuela Naveau (AT)

Panel - In a world in which we increasingly rely on online content, media art archives and platforms are no exception. The Networked Archives panel addresses their role in making media art accessible online, and highlights various approaches to the field. As archives and metadata are central issues and the base for the digital content sector they are evolving into important online value chains. How can archives be monetized, contribute to the developments in the media art markets and form base for online platforms?

Best Practices for the Conservation of Media Art from an Artist's Perspective

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (MX/CA)

Talk - For the past five years, media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer has been developing a system of procedures to help his studio deal with the maintenance of hundreds of computerized artworks that are in collections around the world. In this talk, Rafael will go over the main methods to accomplish this, in the hope that other artists will adopt them and create realistic expectations for potential collectors.

STWST Excursions

Stadtwerkstatt (AT)

The excursion leads to Kunstlager Nord. Here Stadtwerkstatt collects art relics and documents from the 40-year history of the house - between media art, subculture and city history. In the house of STWST also some archive materials can be seen.