Conservation of Time-Based Media Art

The book Conservation of Time-based Media Art is the first to take stock of the current practices and conceptual frameworks that define the emerging field of time-based media conservation. It offers a comprehensive survey of specialized practices developed around the collection, preservation, and display of time-based media art, divided into 23 chapters with contributions from 36 authors and 85 additional voices. It is a critical resource for conservation students and professionals who engage with time-based media art.

Format: Hardback
Length: 554 pages
Publication date: 02 November 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The emerging field of time-based media conservation, which focuses on contemporary artworks that incorporate video, audio, film, slides, or software components, is explored in depth in the groundbreaking book Conservation of Time-based Media Art. Written and compiled by a diverse group of time-based media practitioners from around the world, including conservators, curators, registrars, and technicians, among others, this volume offers a comprehensive survey of specialized practices that have emerged around the collection, preservation, and display of time-based media art. Divided into 23 chapters with contributions from 36 authors and 85 additional voices, the narrative of this book provides both an overview and detailed guidance on critical topics, including the acquisition, examination, documentation, and installation of time-based media art; cross-medium and medium-specific treatment approaches and methods; the registration, storage, and management of digital and physical artwork components; collection surveys and project advocacy; lab infrastructures, staffing, and the institutional implementation of time-based media conservation.

Conservation of Time-based Media Art serves as a critical resource for conservation students and for a diverse professional audience who engage with time-based media art, including conservation practitioners and other collection caretakers, curators, art historians, collectors, gallerists, artists, scholars, and academics.

Weight: 1312g
Dimension: 180 x 253 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367460426