[artinfo] Fwd: [spectre] 2002 Langlois-Guggenheim Fellowship in Variable Media Preservation

[Andrea Szekeres]

>To: spectre@mikrolisten.de
>From: Beryl Graham <beryl.graham@SUNDERLAND.AC.UK>
>Subject: [spectre] 2002 Langlois-Guggenheim Fellowship in Variable Media 
>Preservation
>
>Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 13:24:35 +0200
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> >A fellowship is being offered at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum for an
> >in-depth study of the issues surrounding the preservation of ephemeral
> >materials and/or electronic media. The fellow would help coordinate a
> >project funded by the Langlois Foundation that supports the advancement
> >of the Variable Media Initiative, a strategy for preserving the artistic
> >integrity of a work through documentation prior to the obsolescence or
> >deterioration of the primary physical materials.
> >
> >Responsibilities of the fellow will include: acting as a liaison between
> >the conservation department, curatorial department, and the archives and
> >documentation programs. The fellow will explore, study and collect
> >standards for best practices and preservation of materials that will
> >include, among others, analog and electronic media formats. Working with
> >the conservators to implement the preservation methods, and assisting
> >documentation and curatorial to record all concerns. The fellow should
> >have an interest in conservaton and documentation practices, as well as
> >a good understanding of the current contemporary art environment.
> >Familiarity with materials and processes, including photography,
> >magnetic and electronic media formats is preferable. Knowledge of and
> >interest in relational and object-oriented databases is a plus.
> >
> >The fellow will be supervised by representatives from each department:
> >Curatorial, Conservation, and Archives,Library,& Museum Records. The
> >project is for one year, the hours are flexible and a modest stipend
> >will be offered. Potential candidates should contact Jon Ippolito at
> >JIppolito@guggenheim.org.
>
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