S13E07: Time-Based Media Conservation

We’re joined by special guest host Cass Fino-Radin as we talk about time-based media: what it can be, what the challenges are, and what we can do to preserve it. From mechanical components to maintaining software, we geek out about everything that’s wonderful about this type of conservation. Also tune in for a review of poetry pamphlet ‘Accessioning’ by Charlotte Wetton. 00:21 A long-time spreadsheet idea 02:44 A potted history of time-based media (maybe) 05:41 Conservation of performance art 10:26 The wildest thing about time-based media 12:40 Cass’ origin story 22:36 Blurry objects and things going off 27:54 More suggestions for what time-based media is 30:55 Old vs new technology 36:56 What makes a good time-based media conservator? 40:03 Review: Accessioning 44:54 Patreon appeal Show Notes: - Art and Obsolescence podcast: https://www.artandobsolescence.com/ - Cass’ website: https://finoradin.info/ - Pip Laurenson: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/art-history/people/academic-staff/professor-pip-laurenson - Episode with Glenn Wharton: https://www.artandobsolescence.com/episodes/005-glenn-wharton - MoMA Media and Performance department: https://www.moma.org/about/curatorial-departments/media-performance - S05E03 Contemporary Art: https://thecword.show/2019/04/17/s05e03-contemporary-art/ - Episode with Annet Dekker: https://www.artandobsolescence.com/episodes/043-annet-dekker - Rhizome: https://rhizome.org/ - AIC 40th annual meeting in Albuquerque (2012): https://www.culturalheritage.org/docs/default-source/publications/periodicals/annual-meeting/2012-annual-meeting-abstracts.pdf?sfvrsn=1dbb1699_8 - Cass’ company Small Data Industries: https://smalldata.industries/ - Cooper Hewitt: https://www.cooperhewitt.org/ - S09E05 Dynamic Objects: https://thecword.show/2021/05/19/s09e05-dynamic-objects/ - S06E03 The One with the Arduino: https://thecword.show/2019/10/16/s06e03-the-one-with-the-arduino/ - S01E09 Museum Pi: https://thecword.show/2017/06/21/s01e09-museum-pi/ - Time-based media according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_and_restoration_of_time-based_media_art - Planetary app case study: https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2019/05/16/planetary-cooper-hewitts-first-ios-app/ - Accessioning poetry pamphlet: https://theemmapress.com/shop/poetry/pamphlets/accessioning/ Support us on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/thecword Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Cass Fino-Radin. Intro and outro music by DDmyzik, used under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. A Wooden Dice production, 2023.