Preservation of the Rhizome ArtBase

Hi there

I was wondering if anyone out there can help me….

I am currently studying Master of Museum Studies at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. I am writing a research report on the preservation of digital heritage and I have chosen Rhizome as one of my case-study organisations (as I have a particular interest in net-art and have been a member of Rhizome on and off for the past 5 years). I notice that you have a report "Preserving the Rhizome ArtBase" by Richard Rinehart dated September 2002… but I can't seem to find any reference to it or anything that has happened in this field since that date.

I was wondering if anyone knows if any of the recommendations put forward in that report have been implemented, or what Rhizome is currently doing in an attempt to preserve it's digital art collection for future generations……

Any feedback or links concerning this topic and what Rhizome is attempting to do in this respect would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Dimity Mapstone

http://www.dimity.org/digital_heritage/
[email protected]

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, Lauren Cornell

Hi Dimity:

The report is here: http://rhizome.org/artbase/report.htm

I'd be happy to discuss the history of Rhizome's preservation strategy
with you, and the initiative (called the Metadata Project) we are
currently involved in.

Please email me *off-list* to set up a time to chat (perhaps via skype?)

All best,
Lauren

> Hi there
>
> I was wondering if anyone out there can help me….
>
> I am currently studying Master of Museum Studies at the University of


Lauren Cornell
Executive Director, Rhizome
the New Museum of Contemporary Art
210 Eleventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
tel: 212-219-1288 x 208

, Richard Rinehart

Hello Dimity, and others FYI,

First, you can check the Rhizome list archives for the recent thread
on "metadata" where we discussed the portion of preservation that
involves descriptive metadata, particularly vocabularies (search the
TextBase).

Second, there are two digital art preservation projects I'd refer you
to, both of which have extensive (and recent) online documentation:

Archiving the Avant-Garde
http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/ciao/avant_garde.html

Variable Media Initiative
http://www.variablemedia.net

I hope these help,
Richard Rinehart


At 12:02 AM -0700 5/27/06, Dimity Mapstone wrote:
>Hi there
>
>I was wondering if anyone out there can help me….
>
>I am currently studying Master of Museum Studies at the University
>of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. I am writing a research report
>on the preservation of digital heritage and I have chosen Rhizome as
>one of my case-study organisations (as I have a particular interest
>in net-art and have been a member of Rhizome on and off for the past
>5 years). I notice that you have a report "Preserving the Rhizome
>ArtBase" by Richard Rinehart dated September 2002… but I can't
>seem to find any reference to it or anything that has happened in
>this field since that date.
>
>I was wondering if anyone knows if any of the recommendations put
>forward in that report have been implemented, or what Rhizome is
>currently doing in an attempt to preserve it's digital art
>collection for future generations……
>
>Any feedback or links concerning this topic and what Rhizome is
>attempting to do in this respect would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Cheers,
>Dimity Mapstone
>
>http://www.dimity.org/digital_heritage/
>[email protected]
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