Panel Discussion: Online Archives and Media Art Collections

We will discuss existing approaches to the preservation of media and technological art, the principles of creating online archives, and handling digital data in art. The goal — is to identify current problems and possible ways of cooperation in the framework of international projects.

Language: English
Moderator: Sofia Abasheva (Open Database of Interdisciplinary Art in Russia, EUSP).

Participants:
1. Wim van der Plas (ISEA). Sociologist, co-founder and archivist of the International Symposium on Electronic Art. Archiving a Nomadic International Electronic Art Event.
2. Michael Mondria (Ars Electronica). Managing Director of Ars Electronica Solutions. Re-Mapping the Archive.
3. Yanina Prudenko, PhD, independent researcher and curator, founder and curator of the Open Archive of Ukrainian Media Art. Anton Lapov, artist, independent curator and museologist, co-curator of the Open Archive of Ukrainian Media Art. Archiving Ukrainian Media Art. Breakthroughs and Challenges.
4. Rodrigo Guzman Serrano. PhD candidate, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. Documenting and Archiving Digital Art and Web-based Art Resources: Two Models.

The panel discussion is organized within the framework of the project Open Database of Interdisciplinary Art in Russia (implemented by European University in St. Petersburg and the Techno-Art Center with the support from the Presidential Grants Fund).

Open Database of Interdisciplinary Art in Russia (in Russian language) — https://eusp.org/projects/otkrytaya-baza-dannykh-mir
European University in St. Petersburg (in Russian language) — https://eusp.org/

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