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February 14, 2005

Archiving the Avant-Garde

Works of digital and Internet art, performance, installation, conceptual, and other variable media art represent some of the most compelling and significant artistic creations of our time. These works constitute a history of alternative artistic practice, but because of their ephemeral, technical, or otherwise variable natures, they also present significant obstacles to accurate documentation, access, and preservation. Without strategies for preservation many of these vital works— and possibly whole genres such as early Internet art— will be lost to future generations.. Archiving the Avant Garde: Documenting and Preserving Variable Media Art.

Posted by admin at February 14, 2005 08:08 AM