Digital Preservation: Recording the Recoding. The Documentary Strategy

Het uitgangspunt van dit artikel is dat de verhoogde inspanningen om nieuwe mediakunst te preserveren onvoldoende zullen blijken zonder de ondersteuning van gestructureerde documentering.

“Documentation of both the works and the context in which they evolve must be seen as fundamental factors of conservation. In fact, if we take into account the huge volatility, for example, of certain online projects, it is more than likely that in many cases this documentation will soon be the only remaining trace of the work. What will give real value to a collection of digital art is documentation, meta-data, contextualization, and guaranteed long term access to that documentation.” (...)

Lees hier het volledige artikel. Taal: Engels.