As technology-inspired art is gaining more widespread acceptance,
documentation of the rich and diverse media art histories is becoming
increasingly important. Worldwide, a growing number of groups and
organizations are developing online databases and archival portals
about media art and culture.
This
expert meeting wants to bring together an international group of
archivists and developers, in order to facilitate exchange of expertise
about current work-in-progress.
In the morning, a roundtable
discussion (on invitation or application only) offers the opportunity
for in-depth discussion about shared problems and questions. In smaller
groups, participants are invited to inform each other about current
developments about the following areas:
Tools and models. Which
types of software (content management systems, archival software) are
in use or being developed by archival initiatives? Is it possible to
formulate shared requirements for such tools? Where do features of the
various software systems overlap? What are the main pitfalls in the
development and usability of such systems?_Which metadata models or
information architectures are currently under development? How are they
similar and different?
Terms and connections. What is the state of
the art in current development of thesauri, keyword lists, glossaries?
Who is working on scope notes and definitions? Is collaboration in this
area possible, taking the difficult problem of multilinguality into
account?
In the afternoon, a public presentation will summarize
the findings of the morning sessions and will offer a series of
presentations that showcase several examples of good practice in the
field of media culture archives.
With presentations of
The Tactical Media Files, CultureBase, ISEA Online Archive ? by David Garcia, Michiel van der Haagen and Nadia Palliser (NL)
V2_ Archive and terminology resources for media art ? by Sandra Fauconnier (BE/NL)
Daniel Langlois Foundation: Centre for Research and Documentation ? by Alain Depocas (CA) (tbc)
Media Art Net and Ars Electronica Archive ? by Dieter Daniels (DE/AT) (tbc)
Moderator: Eric Kluitenberg (NL)