keywords : Conservation, Events, New, Pedagogical activities

GRÉGORY CHATONSKY :

* Please note this presentation is in French

Topics covered are :

1. The ideology of memory: Inscription and technological integrity
2. The perishable computer memory: Materiality and the paradox of binary information
3. The memory of anonymous subjects: Database, everyone’s inscriptions, and mash-ups (ex : Sous terre, 2000, Lost life, 2007, and My life is an interactive fiction, 2009)
4. The distribution of memory: Instability and instructions for use (ex : The State of the World, 2008, Dance with me (2007)
5. Conservation of software and hardware archives: The future of museums, challenges for DOCAM, and the limits of the object
6. The disruption of the cultural network: Self-archiving and distribution by the artists, the curator’s role, and the emerging of self-sufficient spaces
7. Conclusion : What is the future of history?: The memory of the spectator as third memory (ex : Pierre Huyghe and Jim Campbell)

Grégory Chatonsky, artist and guest lecturer (UQAM)

This presentation was given on March 30, 2009 as part of the DOCAM Seminar, directed this year by Sylvie Lacerte at l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).

The Seminar, entitled Documentation and conservation of the media arts heritage, will span from January 12 to April 20, 2009, and aims to help students acquire the tools they need to face the challenges related to the documentation and conservation of technology based artworks.