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On the Couch: Capturing Audience Experience


Day 1, Group 4

Rolf Wolfensberger, Museum of Communication, Berne

Against the background of current preservation strategies for electronic artworks, this presentation discusses the methodological shift towards a focus on documenting user experience and contextual impacts. The paper will present results of a case study (Paul Sermon’s installation from 1993: Telematic Vision) carried out at the Museum of Communication in Berne...
Rolf Wolfensberger
© DOCAM 2008

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... The chosen multi-layered phenomenological approach takes into consideration that the focus on contextualization and affectively experienced sensation state a strong dependency of the aesthetic experience on changing medial apparatuses and medial everyday surroundings. The hypothesis of the study is that the recording and the documentation of the observer/user’s perception of contemporary electronic artworks are vital methods to complement the body of general preservation strategies.

Rolf Erwin Wolfensberger’s former academic training includes a PhD in Social History and Historical Anthropology. He is currently the Curator for photography, film and video, and the Conservator for electronic media artworks at the Museum of Communication in Berne, Switzerland. Wolfensberger also represents the Museum within MEMORIAV, the Swiss association for the preservation of the audiovisual cultural heritage. At the moment, he is completing his MA thesis in MediaArtHistories at the Danube University of Krems, Austria.
Tags: Video - Moving Image Audience experience Emulation - Migration - Conservation strategies