MEDIA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE

The Media Conservation Initiative, supported by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, ran from 2016 to 2021 at the MOMA Museum of Modern Art. The initiative developed new strategies in the field of time-based media art conservation and care, and organized several graduate fellowships, workshops, and expert discussions (peer forums) on media art conservation over the course of the multi-year project.

A prioritized criterion for their work is the creation of immersive educational opportunities in time-based media conservation. To help institutions and individuals better manage and present their media art collections, they make their research publicly available on their website, providing free information on the care of disk imaging, artist films, video art, and more.

mediaconservation.io

CULTURES OF CONSERVATION

Launched in 2012 to connect conservation perspectives to interdisciplinary concepts in the "humanities and sciences," the Conservation Culture Initiative is centered at Bard Graduate School and builds on a long history of experience between museums and universities in integrating conservation concepts and practices into their curricula. It aims to define and explore the multiple meanings of conservation, and includes research on materials, fabrication techniques, and practices of use and reuse.

In its first phase (2012-2017), the fellowship program brought young scholars to New York to present exhibitions in collaboration with conservators and scientists, and in its second phase (2017-2022), under the leadership of Dr. Jennifer L. Mass, it sought to develop a materials and conservation science course for non-scientists, with a focus on "active materials." It also runs a fellowship for early-career conservators in the field of "conservation as a human science" in collaboration with the Rijksmuseum's Conservation and Scientific Research Department.

bgc.bard.edu/research-forum/projects/3/cultures-of-conservation

NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

is a national organization that researches, excavates, preserves, and restores Korea's cultural and natural heritage. It is composed of 2 departments and 7 rooms (Administrative Operation Division, Research Planning Division, Archaeological Research Division, Art Cultural Property Research Division, Architectural Cultural Property Research Division, Conservation Science Research Division, Restoration Technology Research Division, Natural Cultural Property Research Division, Safety and Disaster Prevention Research Division, Digital Cultural Property Research and Information Division), and has 7 regional offices (Gyeongju, Buyeo, Gaya, Naju, Jungwon, Seoul, and Wanju) and a Cultural Property Conservation Science Center.

It has been publishing the journal Conservation Science Research every year since 1980, and has been conducting research on local excavated cultural assets and their restoration.

nrich.go.kr