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Ainsley Walton, Conservation and Preservation Committee

Day 2, Group 2

Ainsley Walton, Claudia De Hueck scholar – National Gallery of Canada

The National Gallery of Canada holds numerous 35mm slide-based artworks in its permanent collection. The use of slides as a presentation method for projecting photographic images holds an integral position in the array of 20th century art practices ...
Ainsey Walton © DOCAM 2007

... Due to the recent and radical shift in imaging technology, it is anticipated that important and popular works by Michael Snow, Ian Carr-Harris, Murray Favro, Jana Sterback and Francis Alÿs (among others), which employ slides and slide projectors will become increasingly difficult to maintain and present. Strategies for maintaining the aesthetic and historic integrity of these artworks will be discussed, as well as ongoing research into long-term preservation of the format.
Tags: Conservation Emulation - Migration - Conservation strategies