The Electronic Media Review, Vol. 1, 2012
Electronic Media Group
Papers presented at the Electronic Media Group session of the 35th AIC Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, 2009, and the 36th AIC Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2010
Jeffrey Warda, Managing Editor
Edited by Fletcher Durant, Gwynne Ryan, and Jeffrey Warda
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Papers presented at the Electronic Media Group Session, AIC 35th Annual Meeting, May 15–20, 2009, Los Angeles, California
Obsolete and Beyond the Pale: The Politics of Restoring Underground Film
LEAH CHURNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Heart Beats Dust: The Conservation of an Interactive Installation from 1968 and an Introduction to E.A.T (Experiments in Art and Technology)
CHRISTINE FROHNERT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Forging the Future Using Web 2.0 Cataloging Techniques
MICHAEL KATCHEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Sustaining Dynamic Media Objects and Digital System Environments: An Assessment of Preservation Methods for Computer Based Artworks
TABEA LURK AND JÜRGEN ENGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
A Case for Digital Conservation Repositories
BARBRA MACK AND GLENN WHARTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Gary Hill’s Suspension of Disbelief (for Marine): Documentation Strategies for Time-Based Media. Part II.
JEFF MARTIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Reconstructing a Simulation: Ant Farm and T.R. Uthco’s The Eternal Frame
GLENN R.PHILLIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Gary Hill’s Suspension of Disbelief (for Marine): Documentation Strategies for Time-Based Media. Part I
GWYNNE RYAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Codec Comparison for the Digital Preservation of Analog Video
ANGELO SACERDOTE AND LAUREN SORENSEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Inside Installations: An Introduction
TATJA SCHOLTE AND VIVIAN VAN SAAZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Fabrizio Plessi’s Liquid Time II at the Center for Art and Media (ZKM):
Options and Limitations for an Authentic Reinstallation
FENNA YOLA TYKWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
From Singularity to Multiplicity? A Study into Versions, Variations, and Editions in Museum Practices
VIVIAN VAN SAAZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Characterizing Optical Disc Longevity at the Library of Congress
JENNIFER A.WADE AND MICHELE YOUKET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
To Emulate or Not: A Case Study for Revolution: A Monument for the Television Revolution By Jeffrey Shaw
GABY WIJERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Fabrizio Plessi’s Liquid Time II at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media.
Part I: Preservation and Presentation of a Large-Scale Kinetic Video Sculpture
THOMAS ZIRLEWAGEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Papers presented at the Electronic Media Group Session, AIC 36th Annual Meeting, May 11–14, 2010, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Baking, Mineral Oil, and Windex: A Look at the Sorry State of Pre-Digitization Conservation Treatment for Audiovisual Media
GEORGE BLOOD AND CASSANDRA GALLEGOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Encounters with a Very-Large Picture Collection: The Joseph Selle Collection of Street Vendor Photography
CHRISTOPHER BURNETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
The Artist Stripped Bare of his Papers, Even: An Interview with Cory Arcangel
WALTER FORSBERG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Sticky-Shed Syndrome in Audio Magnetic Tapes: Possible Causes and Analysis
STEPHEN C.HOBAICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Image Storage and Permanence Considerations in the Long-Term Preservation of Photographic Images—An Update and Additional Considerations
JOSEPH LABARCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Shifting Equipment Significance in Time-Based Media Art
JOANNA PHILLIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
One Thing After Another: Developing a Digital Archeology for the Warren Spector Collection, a Case Study
ELIZABETH L.SERAMUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
An Introduction to the Audiovisual Self-Assessment Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
JENNIFER HAIN TEPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Guidelines for Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171