{jcomments on}Parallel session
Title
Decision-making in Contemporary Art Conservation
Type
presentations & discussion
Date, time
Wednesday 9th June, 15:00-17:00
Organisation
Evelyne Snijders, freelance conservator
Foundation for the Conservation of Contemporary Art / SBMK
Guest
Gert Hoogeveen, Stedelijk Musem Amsterdam
Location
Studio K is about 10 minutes walk from the symposium location.
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Description
The Foundation for the Conservation of Contemporary Art, (Dutch acronym: SBMK) is an organisation, supported by Dutch museums of modern and contemporary art, that carries out projects to develop sound practices for the field. As a platform for conservators, curators and researchers to balance the pros and cons before making decisions in complex conservation cases, the SBMK started the ‘Balance Group’ with Rik van Wegen as its chairman. From these Balance Group sessions, a ‘weighing’-model was developed as a guideline in complex conservation cases. During this workshop several cases and the weighing-model will be presented; these presentations will function as the basis of an interactive group discussion. The emphasis of the workshop is to deal with conservation issues of time-based media art. These artworks represent their own challenges in conservation, for instance: How to deal with media carriers and equipment that become obsolete? What is important when presenting a time-based media installation? How to deal with the artists involved and specialised technicians? One example of the cases in the workshop is ‘Project I-‘90’ by the Dutch artist Peter Struycken, presented by Gert Hoogeveen, Head of the Audiovisual Department (AVA) of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. This case illustrates the implementation of current technical possibilities to come to a solution to preserve and reinstall a time-based media installation in collaboration with the artist who was closely involved in the conservation process.
Maximum number of participants: 30
Installation
On the occastion of this symposium Peter Struijcken's installation Project I-‘90’ from the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will be on display in
Opening time is: Wednesday 9th June, 13:00-14:00 (during lunch break)
Biography
Evelyne Snijders graduated as a modern and contemporary art conservator from the Limburg Conservation Institute (SRAL) in Maastricht in 2009. Prior to her conservation training, she graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and studied art history at the University of Amsterdam. She currently works as a freelance conservator. She was also involved with the research project Imago Revisted concerning several time-based media art installations of the collection the Netherlands Institute of Cultural Heritage / ICN.
Biography
Gert Hoogeveen obtained a BA in History in 1978 from the University of Utrecht. Since 1996 he is employed by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in the Audiovisuals Department. From 2001 on as head of the department and as such responsible for the conservation, restoration and presentation of the media art collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. He also completed the MA Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image in 2009 at the University of Amsterdam.