Spotlight on New Talents In Time-Based Media Art Conservation
2014 Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) graduate Athena Christa Holbrook with video artist David Jones, as rendered by the frame buffer he invented.
SPOTLIGHT ON NEW TALENTS IN
TIME-BASED MEDIA ART CONSERVATION
with Amy Brost and Athena Christa Holbrook
Wednesday, March 22, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Michelson Theater, Department of Cinema Studies
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
721 Broadway, 6th Floor, Room 648
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The Conservation Center at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts and the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program in NYU's Department of Cinema Studies collaborate to showcase recent graduates working to conserve and preserve time-based media art.
From 'Certificates of Authenticity' to Authentic Iterations in Media Art
Amy Brost (NYU Institute of Fine Arts, '16)
Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Certificates of authenticity are one way that artists have historically asserted authorship of works that incorporate mass-produced, commonplace, replaceable or interchangeable objects. The arrival of digital media offers the opportunity for easy and exact duplication and the illusion of immateriality, which introduced problems when assigning authenticity. Gradually the emphasis shifted from obtaining a certificate as proof of ownership to creating an evolving dossier of artist's instructions and documentation that would ensure the owner's ability to realize the work. In this presentation of her thesis and subsequent research, Brost will share this history and discuss various theoretical models that have been developed to conceptualize how media artworks are displayed and cared for over time. Drawing on theories from conservation, sociology, museum studies, and cognitive science, Brost will show how understanding the museum as a ritual setting can shed light on the practice of preparing media artworks for public display. This talk will explore ideas about the fundamental experience of art and how a work's intangible dimensions are as much the purview of conservators as its tangible ones.
Framing the Jones Buffer: Documenting the History and Preservation of an Iconic Image-Processing Tool
Athena Christa Holbrook (NYU Moving Image Archiving and Preservation, '14)
Collection Specialist, Department of Media & Performance Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Since the early 1970s, video artist and engineer Dave Jones has garnered iconic status as one of the most important video toolmakers within the Western and Upstate New York media art communities. Jones’ technological innovations in the creation of analog and digital tools for image-processing and generative video graphics have been invaluable contributions to the history and development of experimental video, having influenced artists such as Gary Hill, Peer Bode, and hundreds of artists-in-residence at the Experimental Television Center over the course of its 40-year legacy. His tools have served as integral devices for the creation and exhibition of video installations, many of which have since been collected and shown in numerous cultural heritage institutions.
In her essay “Preserving Machines” from The Emergence of Video Processing Tools, vol. 2, Mona Jimenez posits that video processing tools, such as those created by Jones, are best documented and preserved through collaboration between conservators, toolmakers, artists, and scholars. Responding to this call, this presentation will discuss the findings and results of a weeklong residency at Signal Culture, alongside Dave Jones, as a case study in producing comprehensive and centralized documentation of a complex image-processing tool, addressing origin and development, technical specifications, conservation issues and recommendations, as well as its enduring influence on artists and video art.
Amy Brost (NYU IFA, 2016) is an art conservator living in Brooklyn. She is currently Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. In 2016, she earned an M.A. in the History of Art and Archaeology and an M.S. in Conservation of Historic and Artistic works from the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She completed graduate internships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, working with the variable media collection in the Department of Photographs, and in time-based media art conservation at MoMA and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Athena Christa Holbrook (NYU MIAP, 2014) is the Collection Specialist in the Department of Media and Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Prior to joining MoMA, Athena held the position of time-based media conservation associate for the Kramlich Collection/New Art Trust and worked as collection archivist for video artist Joan Logue. She recently served as a panelist on the New York State Council on the Art’s Electronic Media & Film advisory board. Athena received a BA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and an MA in Moving Image Archiving & Preservation also from New York University.
Amy Brost is an art conservator living in Brooklyn. She is currently Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. In 2016, she earned an M.A. in the History of Art and Archaeology and an M.S. in Conservation of Historic and Artistic works from the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She completed graduate internships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, working with the variable media collection in the Department of Photographs, and in time-based media art conservation at MoMA and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Athena Christa Holbrook is the Collection Specialist in the Department of Media and Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Prior to joining MoMA, Athena held the position of time-based media conservation associate for the Kramlich Collection/New Art Trust and worked as collection archivist for video artist Joan Logue. She recently served as a panelist on the New York State Council on the Art’s Electronic Media & Film advisory board. Athena received a BA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and an MA in Moving Image Archiving & Preservation also from New York University.
Amy Brost is an art conservator living in Brooklyn. She is currently Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. In 2016, she earned an M.A. in the History of Art and Archaeology and an M.S. in Conservation of Historic and Artistic works from the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She completed graduate internships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, working with the variable media collection in the Department of Photographs, and in time-based media art conservation at MoMA and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Athena Christa Holbrook is the Collection Specialist in the Department of Media and Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Prior to joining MoMA, Athena held the position of time-based media conservation associate for the Kramlich Collection/New Art Trust and worked as collection archivist for video artist Joan Logue. She recently served as a panelist on the New York State Council on the Art’s Electronic Media & Film advisory board. Athena received a BA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and an MA in Moving Image Archiving & Preservation also from New York University.
Amy Brost is an art conservator living in Brooklyn. She is currently Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. In 2016, she earned an M.A. in the History of Art and Archaeology and an M.S. in Conservation of Historic and Artistic works from the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She completed graduate internships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, working with the variable media collection in the Department of Photographs, and in time-based media art conservation at MoMA and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Athena Christa Holbrook is the Collection Specialist in the Department of Media and Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Prior to joining MoMA, Athena held the position of time-based media conservation associate for the Kramlich Collection/New Art Trust and worked as collection archivist for video artist Joan Logue. She recently served as a panelist on the New York State Council on the Art’s Electronic Media & Film advisory board. Athena received a BA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and an MA in Moving Image Archiving & Preservation also from New York University.
Amy Brost is an art conservator living in Brooklyn. She is currently Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. In 2016, she earned an M.A. in the History of Art and Archaeology and an M.S. in Conservation of Historic and Artistic works from the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She completed graduate internships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, working with the variable media collection in the Department of Photographs, and in time-based media art conservation at MoMA and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Athena Christa Holbrook is the Collection Specialist in the Department of Media and Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Prior to joining MoMA, Athena held the position of time-based media conservation associate for the Kramlich Collection/New Art Trust and worked as collection archivist for video artist Joan Logue. She recently served as a panelist on the New York State Council on the Art’s Electronic Media & Film advisory board. Athena received a BA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and an MA in Moving Image Archiving & Preservation also from New York University.
Amy Brost is an art conservator living in Brooklyn. She is currently Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. In 2016, she earned an M.A. in the History of Art and Archaeology and an M.S. in Conservation of Historic and Artistic works from the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She completed graduate internships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, working with the variable media collection in the Department of Photographs, and in time-based media art conservation at MoMA and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Athena Christa Holbrook is the Collection Specialist in the Department of Media and Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Prior to joining MoMA, Athena held the position of time-based media conservation associate for the Kramlich Collection/New Art Trust and worked as collection archivist for video artist Joan Logue. She recently served as a panelist on the New York State Council on the Art’s Electronic Media & Film advisory board. Athena received a BA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and an MA in Moving Image Archiving & Preservation also from New York University.
Amy Brost is an art conservator living in Brooklyn. She is currently Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. In 2016, she earned an M.A. in the History of Art and Archaeology and an M.S. in Conservation of Historic and Artistic works from the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She completed graduate internships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, working with the variable media collection in the Department of Photographs, and in time-based media art conservation at MoMA and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Athena Christa Holbrook is the Collection Specialist in the Department of Media and Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Prior to joining MoMA, Athena held the position of time-based media conservation associate for the Kramlich Collection/New Art Trust and worked as collection archivist for video artist Joan Logue. She recently served as a panelist on the New York State Council on the Art’s Electronic Media & Film advisory board. Athena received a BA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and an MA in Moving Image Archiving & Preservation also from New York University.
Amy Brost is an art conservator living in Brooklyn. She is currently Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. In 2016, she earned an M.A. in the History of Art and Archaeology and an M.S. in Conservation of Historic and Artistic works from the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She completed graduate internships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, working with the variable media collection in the Department of Photographs, and in time-based media art conservation at MoMA and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Athena Christa Holbrook is the Collection Specialist in the Department of Media and Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Prior to joining MoMA, Athena held the position of time-based media conservation associate for the Kramlich Collection/New Art Trust and worked as collection archivist for video artist Joan Logue. She recently served as a panelist on the New York State Council on the Art’s Electronic Media & Film advisory board. Athena received a BA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and an MA in Moving Image Archiving & Preservation also from New York University.
Amy Brost is an art conservator living in Brooklyn. She is currently Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. In 2016, she earned an M.A. in the History of Art and Archaeology and an M.S. in Conservation of Historic and Artistic works from the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She completed graduate internships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, working with the variable media collection in the Department of Photographs, and in time-based media art conservation at MoMA and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Athena Christa Holbrook is the Collection Specialist in the Department of Media and Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Prior to joining MoMA, Athena held the position of time-based media conservation associate for the Kramlich Collection/New Art Trust and worked as collection archivist for video artist Joan Logue. She recently served as a panelist on the New York State Council on the Art’s Electronic Media & Film advisory board. Athena received a BA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and an MA in Moving Image Archiving & Preservation also from New York University.
Amy Brost is an art conservator living in Brooklyn. She is currently Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. In 2016, she earned an M.A. in the History of Art and Archaeology and an M.S. in Conservation of Historic and Artistic works from the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She completed graduate internships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, working with the variable media collection in the Department of Photographs, and in time-based media art conservation at MoMA and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Athena Christa Holbrook is the Collection Specialist in the Department of Media and Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Prior to joining MoMA, Athena held the position of time-based media conservation associate for the Kramlich Collection/New Art Trust and worked as collection archivist for video artist Joan Logue. She recently served as a panelist on the New York State Council on the Art’s Electronic Media & Film advisory board. Athena received a BA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and an MA in Moving Image Archiving & Preservation also from New York University.
Amy Brost is an art conservator living in Brooklyn. She is currently Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. In 2016, she earned an M.A. in the History of Art and Archaeology and an M.S. in Conservation of Historic and Artistic works from the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She completed graduate internships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, working with the variable media collection in the Department of Photographs, and in time-based media art conservation at MoMA and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Athena Christa Holbrook is the Collection Specialist in the Department of Media and Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Prior to joining MoMA, Athena held the position of time-based media conservation associate for the Kramlich Collection/New Art Trust and worked as collection archivist for video artist Joan Logue. She recently served as a panelist on the New York State Council on the Art’s Electronic Media & Film advisory board. Athena received a BA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and an MA in Moving Image Archiving & Preservation also from New York University.
Amy Brost is an art conservator living in Brooklyn. She is currently Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. In 2016, she earned an M.A. in the History of Art and Archaeology and an M.S. in Conservation of Historic and Artistic works from the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She completed graduate internships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, working with the variable media collection in the Department of Photographs, and in time-based media art conservation at MoMA and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Athena Christa Holbrook is the Collection Specialist in the Department of Media and Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Prior to joining MoMA, Athena held the position of time-based media conservation associate for the Kramlich Collection/New Art Trust and worked as collection archivist for video artist Joan Logue. She recently served as a panelist on the New York State Council on the Art’s Electronic Media & Film advisory board. Athena received a BA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and an MA in Moving Image Archiving & Preservation also from New York University.
Amy Brost is an art conservator living in Brooklyn. She is currently Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Media Conservation at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. In 2016, she earned an M.A. in the History of Art and Archaeology and an M.S. in Conservation of Historic and Artistic works from the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She completed graduate internships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, working with the variable media collection in the Department of Photographs, and in time-based media art conservation at MoMA and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Athena Christa Holbrook is the Collection Specialist in the Department of Media and Performance Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Prior to joining MoMA, Athena held the position of time-based media conservation associate for the Kramlich Collection/New Art Trust and worked as collection archivist for video artist Joan Logue. She recently served as a panelist on the New York State Council on the Art’s Electronic Media & Film advisory board. Athena received a BA from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and an MA in Moving Image Archiving & Preservation also from New York University.