NACCA Symposium 2018: From different perspectives to common grounds in contemporary art conservation
25 – 26 June 2018
Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Introduction
Programme
Location
Registration
Credits
Advances in the conservation of contemporary art require discussions on fundamental questions concerning the identity, values and authenticity of modern and contemporary artworks; historically grown distinctions between specialisms; and transitions and transformations within the museum. The two-day conference on 25-26 June, 2018, organized by TH-Köln and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network ‘New Approaches in the Conservation of Contemporary Art’ (NACCA) at the Cologne Institute of Conservation Sciences (CICS) in Cologne (Germany) will provide a cross-disciplinary forum for conservation professionals, art historians, conservation scientists, and students to address those issues. Presentations by the ITN Research Fellows in collaboration with guest keynote speakers will introduce preliminary results of their interdisciplinary and intersectoral research and training collaboration for the conservation of contemporary art. Through the discursive lens, speakers and participants will explore a broad range of urgent questions related to intent, authorship, and authentication of contemporary artworks, the various challenges contemporary artworks can present when facing institutional conventions, the ontology of transforming contemporary artworks, the types and impacts of reproduction of contemporary artworks and the relevance of cross-disciplinary networks on the conservation of contemporary art.
Download programme in PDF (published on 11 April 2018, updated on 14 June)
Monday, 25 June
09:00 – 10:00
Registration
10:00 – 10:10
Welcome
Klaus Becker, Cologne
Gunnar Heydenreich, Cologne
Session I. Intent, authorship, authentication
Moderator: Erma Hermens, Amsterdam
10:10 – 10:25
Keynote
The Artist’s Intent and the Artist Estate’s Intent. In between Authorship and Authentication
Marina Pugliese, San Francisco
10:25 – 10:40
Keynote
Authenticity and Ephemeral Art. The Point of View of the Conservator
Antonio Rava, Turin
10:40 – 11:00
Artist’s Intent Revisited: From Closed Declaration to Open-Ended Process
Nina Quabeck, Glasgow
11:00 – 11:20
Contemporary Art in the Museum: Professional Roles of Care and the Management of the Artist’s Sanction
Maria Theodoraki, Lisbon
11:20 – 11:40
Kill-or-cure challenge: identifying authentic condition in weathered paintings by Edvard Munch
Tomas Markevicius, Cologne
11:40 – 12:20
Discussion
12:20 – 13:45
Lunch
Session II. Production and reproduction
Moderator: Glenn E. Wharton, New York
13:45 – 14:00
Keynote
Production – Reproduction and Reconstruction. Some Thoughts on the Reconstruction of built Heritage and its Influence on the Reconstruction of Site-specific Modern Art
Ursula Schädler-Saub, Hildesheim
14:00 – 14:15
Keynote
Conservators and Artists – an strained liaison
Ulrich Lang, Frankfurt
14:15 – 14:35
On the Artists’ Side: The Reinstallation Process
Sophie Lei, Rome
14:35 – 14:55
Recreating photographic visualizations: reproductions and authenticities
Marta Garcia Celma, Cologne
14:55 – 15:15
Conservation by exposure: Revising Hélio Oiticica’s Tropicália whilst on display
Panda de Haan, Porto
15:15 – 15:55
Discussion
15:55 – 16:25
Coffee
Session III. Challenging institutional conventions
Moderator: Pip Laurenson, London
16:25 – 16:40
Keynote
The missing link in time-based art preservation
Renate Buschmann, Düsseldorf
16:40 – 16:55
Keynote
Time based arts: between micro- and macro time
Johannes Gfeller, Stuttgart
16:55 – 17:15
From Private to Public: Objects in Transition
Artemis Rüstau, Maastricht
17:15 – 17:35
Conservation Strategies for Software-based Artworks
Claudia Röck, Amsterdam
17:35 – 17:55
Distributed Knowledge and Expanded Networks in the Conservation of Performance-based Art
Iona Goldie-Scot, Maastricht
17:55 – 18:35
Discussion
19:00
Reception
Tuesday, 26 June
Session IV. Musealisation
Moderator: Renée van de Vall, Maastricht
10:00 – 10:15
Keynote
Berkeley and Malraux walk into a bar (and meet a conservator)
Salvador Muñoz Viñas, Valencia
10:15 – 10:30
Keynote
Keeping Time: On Museums, Temporality, and Heterotopia
Hanna Hölling, London
10:30 – 10:50
Centres in Flux: Authenticity in the Persistence and Recurrence of Contemporary Artworks
Brian Castriota, Glasgow
10:50 – 11:10
Artworks in Museum Collection: From Object to Process
Joanna Kiliszek, Warsaw
11:10 – 11:30
Between Collections and Archives: the Nature of Contemporary Artworks in the Museum Realm
Aga Wielocha, Amsterdam
11:30 – 12:10
Discussion
12:10 – 14:00
Lunch
Session V. Cross-disciplinary networks
Moderator: Julia Noordegraaf, Amsterdam
14:00 – 14:15
Keynote
Jumping through cross-disciplinary hoops: hell or heaven?
Renata Peters, London
14:15 – 14:35
Expanding networks for expanding artworks: writing biographies of ‘dividual’ art
Caitlin Spangler-Bickell, Maastricht
14:35 – 14:55
From Collection Management to Content Management in Art Documentation
Dušan Barok, Amsterdam
14:55 – 15:15
Mapping authorship and ownership of information in contemporary art conservation research: an interdisciplinary perspective
Zoë Miller, London
15:15 – 15:55
Discussion
15:55 – 16:05
Tribute to Heinz Althöfer, a Pioneer of the Theory of Contemporary Art Conservation (1925-2018)
Carlota Santabárbara Morera, Zaragoza
16:05 – 16:15
Closing remarks
Location
Aula TH Cologne, TH Köln, Ubierring 48, 50678 Köln
How to get there
Registration
Reservations free of charge (limited number of tickets on a first come, first served basis)
Please register online or at nacca@f02.th-koeln.de before 15 June 2018.
Due to the tremendous interest in the symposium we changed the location. We are open for registration again. We welcome you all to proceed with your registration. (Note added 17 May 2018)
Credits
The conference is supported by the Innovative Training Network ‘New Approaches in the Conservation of Contemporary Art’ (NACCA), which receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 642892.
Planning Committee: Gunnar Heydenreich, Diana Blumenroth, Marta G. Celma
https://nacca.eu/
