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The European Project on Conserving and Presenting Installations

Day 1, Group 8

Tatja Scholte, International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam

June 1st 2004 marked the start of a new three-year research project on the preservation and presentation of installation art, supported by the European Commission’s Culture 2000 programme. The project is coordinated by the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN) and co-organised by five other European organisations: TATE, England; Restaurierungzentrum Düsseldorf, Germany; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Spain; Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Belgium and the Foundation for the Conservation of Contemporary Art, The Netherlands...

... Each co-organiser collaborates with national partners (mainly museums) bringing the total number of organisations participating to around 30. This project is one of the initiatives of the International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (INCCA) which exists since 2002 as a platform for exchange of knowledge and information. An overview of the project’s objectives, case studies and deliverables will be presented.

External links to images of artworks mentioned during presentation:

- Panamarenko, Aeromodellor.
- Dennis Oppenheim, Circle Puppets.
- Thomas Hirschorn, Doppelgarage, 2002.
- Jeffrey Shaw, Revolution, a monument for the television revolution.