Rethinking authenticity in digital art preservation

Innocenti, P. (2012) Rethinking authenticity in digital art preservation. In: iPRES 2012 – 9th International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects, Toronto, Canada, 1-5 Oct 2012, pp. 63-67.

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Abstract

In this paper I am discussing the repositioning of traditional conservation concepts of historicity, authenticity and versioning in relation to born digital artworks, upon findings from my research on preservation of computer-based artifacts. Challenges for digital art preservation and previous work in this area are described, followed by an analysis of digital art as a process of components interaction, as performance and in terms of instantiations. The concept of dynamic authenticity is proposed, and it is argued that our approach to digital artworks preservation should be variable and digital object responsive, with a level of variability tolerance to match digital art intrinsic variability and dynamic authenticity.

Item Type:Conference Proceedings
Additional Information:ISBN: 9780991799701
Keywords:Digital preservation, digital art, computer-based artifacts, authenticity, library and information science, social science, engineering
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Innocenti, Dr Perla
Authors: Innocenti, P.
Subjects:A General Works > AM Museums (General). Collectors and collecting (General)
Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science
College/School:College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > History of Art
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2012 University of Toronto Faculty of Information
Publisher Policy:Reproduced with the permission of the publisher

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