Compact disc (CD)   As with any digital format, the main risk involved in conserving digital audio files is obsolescence of the format. However, market domination by the compact disc (CD) seems far from losing steam. A few higher quality audio formats (super audio CD, audio DVD) have mad...

  Computer files pose conservation problems involving obsolescence, code ownership rights, playback software, compression, upscaling and metadata. Professionals who are responsible for collections work with two main computer file categories: permanent files and working files within a software app...

  To better understand what is meant by upscaling, it can be compared to compression. “Lossy” compression removes useful data from the image to reduce the total weight of the file. Upscaling matches the resolution of a given image to a higher display resolution by adding mathematically genera...

  Metadata [1] is information related to a digital file, some of it embedded in the file itself; it has no impact on the reading of the file. Metadata may contain information about the creation date, creator, size and history of the file or any other useful information. And while a software appli...

  At first glance, it might appear that there is no need to include digital works (photo, video, computer, etc.) in a preservation study, the assumption being that they only need be copied to be adequately preserved. Computer users perform this action many times a day, usually without considering...

  Alexandre Castonguay, Générique, 2001, Interactive video installation, Collection Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. Photo: Richard-Max Tremblay © Alexandre Castonguay.   Resources available on the DOCAM Web site:   • Cataloguing Guide for New Media...

Day 2, Group 3 Andrea Kuchembuck, Daniel Langlois Foundation The presentation will focus on the progress of the research being conducted by the Documentation and Archival Management Committee, most notably on the “digital file of artwork” and the case studies of three works by Jim...

Day 1, Group 3 Matthew Biederman, artist, Montréal, Québec The presentation will discuss a recent effort in in upgrading several of Michael Naimark’s early “moviemap” works, such as Golden Gate Flyover (1987) and Karlsrhue Moviemap (1991) The paper specifically looks at the ty...

Day 1, Group 2 Howard Schubert, Ivanka Iordanova, and Alexis Lenk, Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), DOCAM Conservation & Preservation Committee, Montréal Preserving and cataloguing digitally born architectural projects is a challenge that should be met quickly in order to...

Day 1, group 7 Colin Griffiths, Contemporary Art Logistics, Vancouver The presentation will discuss the collaborative relationship Mr. Griffiths has developed in working with artists, particularly with respect to establishing and maintaining the conceptual criteria for the artwork. ...

Day 1, Group 2 Cécile Dazord, Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France Grégoire Quenault, art historian In 2006, the research department of the Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France (C2RMF) launched a study program on the impact of ...

Day 2, Group 2 Michal Masa, International Centre for Art and New Technologies (CIANT), Prague CIANT will present complex data sets they are dealing with through several projects like V.I.R.U.S., AMA&NT and ‘Old Town Square‘, and the challenge they represent for the CASPAR proj...

  Greg Lynn, Embryological House, 1997-2001, Canadian Centre for Architecture. MicroStation drawing of primitive geometrical form from which the House iterations were developed © 1997-2001, CCA.   Resources available on the DOCAM Web site:   • Conservation Guide: C...

Day 2, Group 2 Guillaume Labelle, Université de Montréal Lawrence Bird, McGill University – CCA The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is in the process of acquiring several digital archives. These include Greg Lynn’s Embryological House (1997-2002), an early example of the d...

Day 1, Group 5 Luciana Duranti, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver This paper will present the preliminary findings of InterPARES 2, an international multi-disciplinary research project that aims to develop theory and methods...

  Janet Cardiff, Eyes of Laura, 2002-2004, digital artwork, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund, The Canada Council for the Arts, the Canada Millennium Partnership Program of the Millennium Bureau of Canada and the British Columbia 2000...

Day 2, Group 1 Bruno Bachimont, Erik Gebers and Johann Holland, Université technologique de Compiègne (UTC), National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France UTC/CNRS designed an interface dedicated to the community members of the performing arts domain. Thanks to the iterativ...

February 11, 2008 James Turner, EBSI, Université de Montréal James Turner © DOCAM 2008 seminaire2008_turner.xml

March 30, 2009 Grégory Chatonsky, artist and guest lecturer, UQAM   * Please note that this presentation is in French Grégory Chatonsky © DOCAM 2009 seminaire2009_chatonsky.xml 1) Idéologie de la mémoire : notion d’inscription et intégrité te...

Jour 1, Group 5 Andrea Kuchembuck, DOCAM Documentation Committee, Montréal The presentation focuses on the research work conducted by the Documentation and Archival Management Committee and notably on the development of the “digital file of artwork.” We will present the evolution ...

February 20, 2007 Alexandre Castonguay, artist Mathieu Bouchard, programmer   * Please note that this presentation is in French Alexandre Castonguay © DOCAM 2007 seminaire2007-castonguay-bouchard.xml 1) La notion du « hacker », le développement d...