Conservation of Contemporary Art, Buch

Conservation of Contemporary Art

Springer
Buch, color, 412 pages, 15.5 x 23.5 cm
2024
English
Renée van de Vall, Vivian van Saaze
ISBN 978-3031423598
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Chapter pp 101–125, Roeck, C. (2024). Languages of Conservation: A Comparison Between Internet-Based Art and Built Heritage. As relational, social practices in a changing environment, internet-based art and built heritage require a substantial effort to maintain functionality.
This chapter explores the hypothesis that architecture conservation and conservation of internet-based art encounter the same challenges and follow the same principles. The comparison allows one to articulate the materiality of internet-based art, which may not be obvious at first glance. Most important, it suggests that conservation approaches for built heritage may expand the conservation options for internet-based art. To substantiate the hypothesis, I analyse the significant properties of an internet-based artwork, TraceNoizer (2001–2004) by LAN, according to the same criteria used in built heritage conservation. After demonstrating that I can describe internet-based art using categories from built heritage, I apply conservation strategies for built heritage to internet-based art to discover new conservation approaches. The pursuit of a common language for the conservation of built heritage and software-based art is another goal of this comparison.