Preserving the immaterial

Guggenheim Museum, New York

A conference on variable media. Organized by Film and Media Art's Senior Curator John G. Hanhardt and Assistant Curator Jon Ippolito, this two-day symposium unveils The Variable Media Initiative, which the Guggenheim Museum has proposed as a solution to the contested issues of new media preservation. The Variable Media Initiative proposes that artists pass on guidelines as to how their artworks might be translated into alternate mediums once their current formats become obsolete.

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A conference on variable media

"Should video art be preserved on tape or DVD? Can museums collect Web sites? What does preserving an ephemeral installation have in common with reenacting a theatrical performance?"

Organized by Film and Media Art's Senior Curator John G. Hanhardt and Assistant Curator Jon Ippolito, this two-day symposium -- presented in conjunction with GLOBAL GUGGENHEIM: SELECTIONS FROM THE EXTENDED COLLECTION -- unveils The Variable Media Initiative, which the Guggenheim Museum has proposed as a solution to the contested issues of new media preservation. The Variable Media Initiative proposes that artists pass on guidelines as to how their artworks might be translated into alternate mediums once their current formats become obsolete.

In keeping with the cross-disciplinary nature of this paradigm, a series of focused discussions will compare artworks created in entirely different mediums that nonetheless present similar preservation challenges.

Participants include: BILL BRAND, independent film restorer and artist; JENNIFER CROWE, Rhizome ArtBase Consultant; STEVE DIETZ, Walker Art Center Director of New Media Initiatives; MONA JIMENEZ, Independent Media Arts Preservation; MARK NAPIER, artist RICHARD RINEHART, UC Berkeley Art Museum Digital Media Director; NANCY SPECTOR, Guggenheim Curator of Contemporary Art; BRUCE STERLING, science fiction writer and journalist; STEPHEN VITIELLO, independent media curator and artist; MEG WEBSTER, artist; BENJAMIN WEIL, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Curator of Media Arts; and many others.

March 30, 7:00-9:30 PM;
March 31, 10:00 AM-6:00 PM

Peter B. Lewis Theater, Sackler Center for Arts Education, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue

Tickets $10 ($7 members, students, and seniors) per day Box Office 212- 423-3587
Email: boxoffice@guggenheim.org

For more information, visit
http://www.guggenheim.org/variablemedia/index.html

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