Subject: CONFERENCE: American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC): June 8-13, 2000
NINCH-ANNOUNCE (david@ninch.org)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:59:44 -0500
Message-Id: <v04210111b4db2dee22a4@[192.100.21.23]> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:59:44 -0500 To: ninch-announce@cni.org From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> Subject: CONFERENCE: American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC): June 8-13, 2000
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
February 24, 2000
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
Annual Conference: Philadelphia, PA: June 8-13, 2000
http://aic.stanford.edu
A particularly interesting conference program will be presented at
the AIC conference this summer, with a particular focus on the
preservation of electronic media.
David Green
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>The 28th Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation
>of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) will be held June 8-13, 2000 at
>the Adams Mark Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. AIC is the
>national membership organization of conservation professionals
>dedicated to preserving the art and historic artifacts of our
>cultural heritage for future generations.
>
>The general session, entitled "Preservation of Electronic Media,"
>will commence on the morning of Friday, June 9th with the keynote
>address. The keynote speaker is MAXWELL L. ANDERSON, Director,
>Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY with a lecture entitled
>Cupped Hands in the Stream: Digital Media's Challenge to Collecting
>Institutions.
>
>Featured lectures include:
>* Creating a Digital Archive for the Most Well Documented Movie Ever
>- STAR WARS, JUSTIN GRAHAM , Image Archivist, LucasFilm, San Rafael,
>CA
>
>* Between Cinema and a Hard Place: The Conservation and
>Documentation of a Video Installation by Gary Hill, PIP LAURENSON,
>Conservator of Media Arts, The Tate Gallery, London, England
>
>* Technological Evolution of Video, JIM LINDNER, President, VidiPax,
>New York, NY
>
>* Accelerated Life Expectancy Estimation of Data Storage Media: How
>Long Will It Last, and How Do You Know?, WILLIAM P. MURRAY,
>Reliability Engineer, Maplewood, MN
>
>* Immaterial Culture: Collecting in the 21st Century, ABBY SMITH,
>Council on Library Information Resources, Washington, DC
>
>* Documentation as Conservation: The Process of Becoming and
>Sustaining Art, JUDITH VAN BARON, Vice President for External
>Affairs, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
>
>* Collecting Video Art: What are the Minimum Accession
>Requirements?, SARAH STAUDERMAN, Conservator, VidiPax, New York, NY
>
>* Digital Information Lasts Forever - or Five Years, Whichever Comes
>First, JEFF ROTHENBERG, Senior Computer Scientist, Rand Corporation,
>Santa Monica, CA
>
> On Saturday, June 10th the general session will continue. Featured
>lectures include:
>
>* The Effects of Moisture Content on Cultural Materials, MARION
>MECKLENBURG, Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and
>Education, Washington, DC and SHEILA FAIRBRASS , Surface
>Measurements Systems, Cooperburg, PA
>
>* Laser Technolgoes and Digital Analysis for the Documentation,
>Assessment and Treatment of Historic Structures and Sites, GUY
>MUNSCH, Architectural Conservator, Philadelphia, PA
>
>* On-line Artifactual Treatment Documentation Management System and
>Multimedia Training Production, MARC REEVES AND ANNA STENSTROM, The
>Goldsmith Conservation Laboratory, New York Public Library, New
>York, NY
>
>* Computerized Information System for Preservation Management, JAMES
>M. REILLY, DOUGLAS NISHIMURA, EDWARD ZINN AND MARIA FERNANDA
>VALVERDE, Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of
>Technology, Rochester, NY
>
>* The Use of Handheld Computers in Preservation and Conservation
>Settings, ANDREW ROBB, Library of Congress, Washington, DC and
>JEANNE DREWES, Michigan State Libraries, Lansing, MI
>
>* The Application of Digital Image Analysis to Performance
>Assessment of Coatings on Outdoor Bronze and Copper, TARA SHEDLOSKY
>AND E. RENE DE LA RIE, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC and
>LYNN BROSTOFF, Research Center on the Materials of the Artist and
>Conservator
>
>* John Singer Sargent as Muralist, Architect and Sculptor:
>Examination and Treatment of the Rotunda and Grand Staircase at the
>Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, LYDIA VAGTS, Cambridge, MA AND PAMELA
>HATCHFIELD, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
>
>* The Application of Image Analysis to Thin-Section Examination in
>Objects and Architectural Conservation, ELIZABETH GOINS AND CHANDRA
>REEDY, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
>
>* Imaging Zapruder's JFK Assasination Film: A Hybrid Approach to
>Preservation and Presentation, JOSEPH BARABE, Director of Scientific
>Imaging, McCrone Associates, Westmont, IL
>
>Sessions will be conducted by AIC specialty groups (Architecture,
>Books & Paper, Objects, Electronic Media, Paintings, Photographic
>Materials, Research & Technical Studies, Textiles, Wooden Artifacts,
>and Conservators in Private Practice) the balance of the meeting on
>current topics of interest in their respective fields. Other
>meeting offerings include an exhibit hall featuring conservation
>suppliers June 10-12, city tours and workshops held at museums and
>sites throughout the Philadelphia metro area.
>
>Financial support for the 28th Annual Meeting has been generously
>provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Claneil
>Foundaiton, the National Center for Preservation Technology and
>Training, Willard Developments LTD, Heritage Preservation and
>Aon/Huntington T. Block Insurance Agency.
>
>For full program details and registration materials, information
>about becoming an exhibitor or other questions concerning the annual
>meeting, please contact Megan Dennis at the AIC office:
>
>American Institute for Conservation
>of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
>1717 K Street NW Suite 200
>Washington, DC 20006
>Phone: (202) 452-9545 Fax: (202) 452-9328
>E-mail: Info@aic-faic.org Web site: http://aic.stanford.edu
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