Ludwig Museum Budapest continues the work revolved around the conversation and the preservation of contemporary art, started in 2015, involving international conservators, art historians, and experts.
Artists today can choose from a wide and growing variety of new, ever-changing techniques, while the equipment they use – and media art itself – tends to become more and more complex. This poses a constant challenge to museums as far as collection and conservation is concerned, which requires a long-term solution. With international experts from the New York-based MoMA, TATE (London), Reina Sofia (Madrid), LIMA Amsterdam, as well as conservators and professors from the Humbold University (Berlin), MAPS 2017 conference concentrates on the practical side of the topic, while a related exhibition entitled Save as … – “What will remain of new media art?” tries to open up further questions regarding the conservation in of media art.
In the past years, Ludwig Museum Budapest has made a considerable effort to provide preservation and collection care for media-based artworks. “MAPS”, a symposium on media conservation specifically intended for professionals was a major milestone to reach this goal in 2015. It is important to continue this event and expand the possibilities of practical and theoretical preservation in contemporary art.
The exact dates of the MAPS 2017 symposium are 23-24 March 2017.
The methodology of archiving, collecting, presenting, conserving media art, as well as specialized professional training is an entirely new field for professionals working in Hungarian public collections.
The goal of Ludwig Museum Budapest is to develop and spread the importance of contemporary art, with respect to conserving for future generations. Long-term collaboration based on people-to-people contacts, participation of international conservators, curators, and professionals of Ludwig Museums are essential to fill this gap, with lectures and workshops focusing on preservation of media art in practice.
For further information and for application, please, visit the conference website
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The exhibition presents media art in Hungary from its beginnings to our present days, introducing the lifework of artists who were responding to constantly changing technologies in creating their works.
