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Assembling traces, or the conservation of net art

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dc.creatorDekker, Annet
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-26T11:48:26Z
dc.date.available2018-09-26T11:48:26Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractNet art is built and distributed through a complex, intricate, and interrelated system of networks that presents an assemblage of art, technology, politics, and social relations ‐ all merged and related to form a variable entity. In the last decade a discussion on how to conserve net art emerged in museums of contemporary art. Nevertheless, many net art projects from the 1990s have long disappeared ‐ their server payments lapsed, software was not kept up-to-date, or artists felt the concept was no longer appropriate in a changed context. The project mouchette.org is an exception in that the artist has kept the website up and running since it began. In this article I will show that net artworks are inherently assemblages that evolve over time. These works are distributed and ensured by networks of people; their continuation happens through multiple authors and caretakers. All together these actors signify and give meaning to the works. Therefore, instead of thinking of a ‘freeze frame’ the presentation and conservation of net art should focus on variability. This opens up different paths and options, making for conservation strategies akin to assembling traces.en
dc.identifier.doi10.5117/NECSUS2014.1.DEKK
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/15140
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.necsus-ejms.org/test/assembling-traces-conservation-net-art/
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/3323
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherAmsterdam University Press
dc.publisher.placeAmsterdam
dc.relation.isPartOfissn:2213-0217
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subjectKünstede
dc.subjectKonservierungde
dc.subjectNetzkunstde
dc.subjectNeue Mediende
dc.subjectPartizipationde
dc.subjectProzessde
dc.subjectSpurde
dc.subjectarten
dc.subjectconservationen
dc.subjectnet arten
dc.subjectnew mediaen
dc.subjectparticipationen
dc.subjectprocessen
dc.subjecttracesen
dc.subject.ddcddc:701
dc.titleAssembling traces, or the conservation of net arten
dc.typearticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDekker, Annet (2014): Assembling traces, or the conservation of net art. In: NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies 3 (1), 171–193. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5117/NECSUS2014.1.DEKK.
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local.coverpage2021-05-29T05:23:25
local.identifier.firstpublishedhttps://doi.org/10.5117/NECSUS2014.1.DEKK
local.source.epage193
local.source.issue1
local.source.spage171
local.source.volume3

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