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ART DATA: COLLECTING, PRESERVING AND DISPLAYING DIGITAL (Leonardo/ISAST LASER Talks)

Panelists: Christiane Paul ,  Anna Frants, Lev Manovich,  Anne Spalter Moderator: Natalia Kolodzei

Digital, computer, internet, software, and multimedia art forms — from CD-ROM-based multimedia projects to net.art — have been created for many years and have entered the mainstream art world. Milestone exhibitions such as the Whitney Biennial included digital works as early as 2000 and the Whitney Museum’s artport was launched in 2001. University art departments around the world are formalizing digital media programs; textbooks on digital art have been published; conferences around art and technology are thriving; and gradually museums and private collectors are beginning to accession works in digital media into their art collections.

Christiane Paul, Anna Frants, Lev Manovich, and Anne Spalter will address and provide insight on the issues of archiving and conservation, collecting and curating these dynamic and ephemeral works or techniques that rely on digital technology in creative and display processes. How we may balance and set a priority between the data and the appearance, as it may cause unacceptable loss when dealing with a multimedia digital art work. How computational analysis and visualization of massive cultural visual datasets methods and software help us with media collections and digital repository management.

What are general guidelines for museums registrars and installers in terms of technical documentation and display of digital art? What do museums and collectors need to be “technically” prepared to preserve and display artworks? Does the work require any special software or hardware needs? If the work is interactive, how do people interact with the work? What are new formats for exhibitions? What issues NFT (Nonfungible Tokens) and crypto art introduce to the field of art market and collecting?

There are many unanswered questions for a long-term solution for re-displaying and preserving digital art, which require further efforts and research by artists, museum professionals, and information scientists. The Leonardo/ISAST LASERs are a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists, and technologists together for informal presentations, performances, and conversations with the wider public to over 46 cities around the world. The mission of LASER is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building.

In September 2020, CYLAND Media Art Lab became the official representative of The Leonardo / LASER Talks in St. Petersburg, Russia, in collaboration with the GROUND Solyanka Gallery and the Kolodzei Art Foundation.

 

00:00:00 – 00:04:52 – Introduction by Natalia Kolodzei
00:04:52 – 00:17:06 – Christiane Paul
00:17:06 – 00:18:21 – Natalia Kolodzei introduces Lev Manovich
00:18:21 – 00:31:02 – Lev Manovich
00:31:02 – 00:32:21 – Natalia Kolodzei introduces Anne Spalter
00:32:21 – 00:43:22 – Anne Spalter
00:43:22 – 00:44:30 – Natalia Kolodzei introduces Anna Frants
00:44:30 – 00:52:42 – Anna Frants
00:52:42 – 01:19:40 – Discussion

Partners: Leonardo/ISAST,  CYLAND MediaArtLab

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NOMADA DIGITAL ART: FLYING OVER BORDERS The 3rd ARTPLATFORM-ON – Israel 2023

 

Nomadism is a concept that reflects the Nomad’s lifestyle. Emerging as a framework for analyzing modern society, which has achieved digitalization, it exerts a profound influence on the expression and form of contemporary art, and on artists’ activities. Digitality is the most accessible form of artistic nomadism; it enables art to transcend most external obstacles, closed borders, and restrictions.

“Art and Nomads: The Other Nature” is a project that includes a conference and an exhibition. It was supposed to be opened in these days at the Harmony Jerusalem City Hall. The project was conceived as the 3rd event of the International Art Platform On program, initiated by IVCAA in Gwangju, Republic of Korea, as a space for dialogue between the different cultures of Europe, Asia, America, and the Middle East.

Our primary goal is to position Israel as an integral part of the global cultural space, to build horizontal ties between members of different nationalities, and to expand the boundaries of mutual understanding. Artists and scholars from six countries — Israel, Korea, Belgium, France, the USA, and Mongolia — were supposed to present their art, ideas, and investigations here in Jerusalem at the exhibition, and as part of the Jerusalem Biennale program. The artists from the abovementioned countries were expected to come, bringing their paintings, installations, and digital art to Jerusalem.

Because of unforeseen force majeure circumstances — the dramatic events of October 7, followed by the war in Israel — the curators have been forced to shelve their plans for the time being. Our major “Art and Nomads: The Other Nature” project has been postponed, as well. At present, the participating foreign artists cannot come to Jerusalem, or ship their artworks here. However, digital art recognizes no borders; it flies all over the world, like Jonathan Livingston Seagull.  In these difficult times, the exhibition organized by the Israeli association INEMEA is a gesture of support for Israel, and it is held as part of the Jerusalem Biennale.

Nataliya Kamenetskaya,  Galina Bleikh