Media in Motion Symposium Program
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DOCAM and Media@McGill are proud to present, for the first time, an international symposium that will precede the fourth annual DOCAM Summit on October 30 and 31, 2008, at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University:
Media in Motion Symposium
The Challenge of Preservation in the Digital Age
October 29, 2008
Rooms 832/833, New Music Building
Schulich School of Music
McGill University, 527 Sherbrooke W.
Free admission
As space is limited, registration is required via email: docam.symposium@mac.com
October 29, 2008
9:00-9:15 – Opening Remarks
Alain Depocas, Director, DOCAM Research Alliance; Director, Centre for Research and Documentation, Daniel Langlois Foundation
Dr. William Straw, Professor, Communication Studies; Acting Director, Media@McGill; McGill University
9:15-10:30 – DIGITAL PRESERVATION: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
Moderator: Marilyn Terzic, McGill University
Somaya Langley, National Library of Australia / Australian Music Centre, Australia
Mediating Models and Modes
Laura Barreca, PAN I Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Italy
Conservation and Documentation of New Media Art. The Debate between the Italian Theory and International Strategies
Andrew McHugh, Perla Innocenti, and Seamus Ross, HATII at the University of Glasgow
Assessing Risks to Digital Cultural Heritage with DRAMBORA
10:30-10:45 – Coffee Break
10:45-12:00 – VIDEO PRESERVATION: MEDIUM AND MATTER
Moderator: Marie-Catherine Cyr, DOCAM Research Alliance
Ariane Noël de Tilly, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, Netherlands
Collecting a Fragment of an Ongoing Project: Mike Kelley’s Series Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction
Melitte Buchman and Alice Moscoso, New York University, US
A Walk in the Dark: Preserving Video Now
Marilyn Terzic, McGill University, Canada
Of Optics and Aesthetics: Perceptual Considerations in the Preservation of Video Art
12:00-13:30 – Lunch
13:30-14:45 – NEW MEDIA, NEW PARADIGMS
Moderator: Andrea Kuchembuck, DOCAM Research Alliance
Nina Wenhart, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, (SAIC)
The Grammar of New Media: Notation Systems for Digital Media Art
Corina MacDonald, Canadian Heritage Information Network, Canada
New Media, New Knowledge: A Knowledge Management Perspective on the Preservation of New Media Art
Stéphanie Corriveau, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada
La propriété intellectuelle et les arts médiatiques
14:45-15:00 – Coffee Break
15:00-16:15 – DEFINING AND PRESERVING DIGITAL OBJECTS
Moderator: Stephanie Corriveau, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Kathleen Fear, University of Michigan, US
Approaches to Defining the Significant Properties of Digital Objects
Joanna Barwick, Loughborough University, UK
What are the Barriers to the Preservation of Digital Game Heritage?
Kam Woods, Indiana University, US
Virtualization for Preservation of Executable Art
16:15-16:30 – Coffee Break
16:30-17:45 – THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
Moderator: Marilyn Terzic, McGill University
Tabea Lurk and Jürgen Enge, AktiveArchive – BUA | Bern University of the Arts, Switzerland
An Evaluation Chart for Born Digital Artworks
Tracy Popp, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, US
A Moving Target: Archiving Net Art
jonCates, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, US
Copying-it-right: Archiving the Media Art of Phil Morton
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