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Upward Mobility? Challenges in preserving app-based artworks
Thursday, November 7, 2019
The complexity of software-based art continues to challenge media conservators in their quest for best preservation practices. An ever growing body of literature on case studies has been written and published underlining how often multiple and concurrent preservation strategies are needed in order to ensure the perpetuation and unfolding of these works in the future. In the last few years, institutions have started collecting iOS mobile applications. Multi-faceted in their platform dependencies and distribution systems, App-based software preservation is intrinsically linked to the the breakneck pace with which mobile phone technologies and related software are released, adopted, and rendered obsolete. This process is further heightened by the reliance on the authoring and delivery restrictions enforced by Apple which limits the control the creators have over the availability and sustainability of their iOS App-based artworks. How can the preservation challenges of these artworks add to our understanding of software based art? Which strategies, tools, and workflows can be applied to mitigate risks associated to iOS App-based art obsolescence? This talk will examine cases studies of mobile app artworks from two institution's collections - Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art (New York).
Session Type30-Minute Session (Presentation or Case Study)
TrackSystems
Chatham House RuleNo
Key Outcomes
After attending this session, participants will have a more informed understanding for what enables a mobile application and the many interdependent systems that must be frozen in time in order for these applications to be accessible and usable into the future. It will hopefully instill thoughtfulness around how to promote advocacy for digital preservation within the app-development community and find pathways to sustain these objects through creative partnerships (e.g. with developers or producers of these diffuse technologies).
Speakers
Session Leader : Joey Heinen, Digital Preservation Manager, LACMA
Co-Presenter : Morgan Kessler, Media Collections Manager, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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By MCN (Museum Computer Network)Thursday, November 7, 2019
The complexity of software-based art continues to challenge media conservators in their quest for best preservation practices. An ever growing body of literature on case studies has been written and published underlining how often multiple and concurrent preservation strategies are needed in order to ensure the perpetuation and unfolding of these works in the future. In the last few years, institutions have started collecting iOS mobile applications. Multi-faceted in their platform dependencies and distribution systems, App-based software preservation is intrinsically linked to the the breakneck pace with which mobile phone technologies and related software are released, adopted, and rendered obsolete. This process is further heightened by the reliance on the authoring and delivery restrictions enforced by Apple which limits the control the creators have over the availability and sustainability of their iOS App-based artworks. How can the preservation challenges of these artworks add to our understanding of software based art? Which strategies, tools, and workflows can be applied to mitigate risks associated to iOS App-based art obsolescence? This talk will examine cases studies of mobile app artworks from two institution's collections - Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art (New York).
Session Type30-Minute Session (Presentation or Case Study)
TrackSystems
Chatham House RuleNo
Key Outcomes
After attending this session, participants will have a more informed understanding for what enables a mobile application and the many interdependent systems that must be frozen in time in order for these applications to be accessible and usable into the future. It will hopefully instill thoughtfulness around how to promote advocacy for digital preservation within the app-development community and find pathways to sustain these objects through creative partnerships (e.g. with developers or producers of these diffuse technologies).
Speakers
Session Leader : Joey Heinen, Digital Preservation Manager, LACMA
Co-Presenter : Morgan Kessler, Media Collections Manager, Los Angeles County Museum of Art