Small Data Industries has been selected as a host for the 2018/19 NDSR Art program. For those unfamiliar, NDSR Art is a fully funded post-graduate fellowship. If you have received your masters degree in the part two years (or will this spring), and have an interest in the conservation of time-based media art – consider applying, but act fast, applications are due this Friday! http://ndsr-pma.arlisna.org/info-for-residents/ We would like to emphasize that this is a mentorship program, and that the technical skills listed in our project brief are all "nice to have" – but what is more important is the right fit in terms of the candidates passion, interest, experience, and ability to learn new skills. Our project will provide the selected resident with a comprehensive mentorship and training experience in the material connoisseurship of time-based media art. This hybrid project will immerse a resident in two parallel initiatives at Small Data Industries: 1) working with two at-risk archives of born-digital artist materials 2) hands-on assistance to working artist studios, their galleries, and collectors. First, the resident will lead efforts on the inventory and stabilization of obsolete born-digital materials in highly at-risk artist archives. Both archives contain large amounts of obsolete digital media carriers (floppy disks of varying sizes and formats, optical media, Zip disks, Syquest, various shapes and sizes of hard drives, and more). This work will provide the resident with key training in the handling and recovery of obsolete media carriers, as well as digital forensics techniques.Second, the resident will offer conservation service and support to working artist studios, their galleries, and collectors. This work will provide the resident with an in-depth understanding of the materials used today by contemporary artists, the processes by which works are effectively prepared for the collection, as well as the conservation issues that arise after the works have been collected. They will gain an insider’s perspective on studio practice, and the needs and behaviors of galleries and collectors.
Ben Fino-Radin Founder, Small Data Industries ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
