Conserving Software-Based Artworks
Event Information
Description
Software-based artworks pose many challenges to conservators charged with their care. Tom Ensom and Chris King will be visiting the Sussex Humanities Lab to introduce approaches developed through their recent work, with a particular focus on disk imaging and emulation techniques.
The long-term preservation of software-based artworks is challenging to negotiate. Such artworks may involve complex systems of interconnected components and actors, aging technologies with a variable degree of significance, and boundaries which extend into their surrounding environment. Disk imaging and emulation techniques have become increasingly important tools in the stabilisation, analysis and presentation of software-based artworks.
Tom and Chris are time-based media conservators who work closely with Tate's collection of software-based artworks. They will be supported in this workshop by SHL's own Alex Peverett.
Who is this for?
The workshop is aimed primarily at humanities researchers, but is open to all. Participants from outside of the University of Sussex are also welcome. The workshop will aim to accommodate all levels of experience.
Do I need to have been to the other workshops in the series?
No – this workshop functions as a standalone. You can explore past workshops in the series on the SHL blog.
Organiser Sussex Humanities Lab
Organiser of Conserving Software-Based Artworks
The Digital Methods Open Workshops series is free and open to everybody. We aim to cater to all levels of ability and experience, both across the series as a whole and (as much as possible!) within individual workshops. The first two events are especially suitable for researchers who are just starting to dip their digits into the digital humanities.
Workshops normally take place in the Lab (Silverstone) on Wednesdays 3-5; anyone who wants to can come along from 2 for some extra support in getting set up.
Past workshops have covered skills and tools related to digital forensics, machine vision, corpus linguistics, web-scraping, augmented reality, the integrated visualization of qualitative and quantitative knowledge, and much much more.
