It’s not video
Author: Heather Weaver (2005)
Heather Weaver explains how video preservation differs from restoration and provides an overview of the restoration process used in The Eternal Frame, a 1976 video work by Ant Farm and T.R. Uthco.
She shows examples of video aberrations encountered in this restoration, some caused by degradation of the original tape, some introduced in the preservation process, and others inherent to the medium at the time the piece was created, and discusses which aberrations were repaired and why. The equipment and techniques used in The Eternal Frame restoration are illustrated, in addition to other methods of restoration available to the preservationist. She discusses how the process differs when the artist cannot be present at the time of the restoration.
Read the full transcript of the lecture. Language: English.