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Research from Time-Based Media Conservation

Custom digital video playback installation with 277 video compact discs displayed on three shelves next to a plexiglass case with an open suitcase containing a small screen and a VCD player. A VCD labeled "Every Dead Body" is displayed to the right of the player.
Lecture
Every Disc, Every Bit of Data: Conservation of Jennifer and Kevin McCoy's Every Shot, Every Episode

Jonathan Farbowitz and Sasha Arden present on the multi-year, interdepartmental endeavor to conserve Jennifer and Kevin McCoy's Every Shot, Every Episode, 2001—a custom digital video playback installation with 277 video compact discs—returning it to exhibition readiness for the first time in more than a decade.

Woman facing large grid of color photographs, reaching up with small light measuring tool
Photograph Conservation
The Photograph Conservation Department is dedicated to conserving and researching photographs, time-based media, and bound volumes.
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Resource
Department Bibliography

Browse an abridged bibliography of our staff's published scholarship.

Essays

An elevator with the doors open and four video monitors displaying grids and geometric shapes hung on each of three walls and one mounted on the ceiling.
Sample Documentation and Templates for Artists, Organizations, and Collectors of Time-Based Media Artworks
The Time-Based Media Working Group has made the following documents and templates available for artists, organizations, and collectors.
February 8, 2019
A close-up black and white image of a textured fingertip pressing against a metal printing letter "a" in reverse relief.
External Resources Related to Time-Based Media Art
A list of external resources related to time-based media art.
February 8, 2019
Symmetrical arrangement of geometric sculptural pieces in gold, white, and black on a blue table, viewed from above.
Tauba Auerbach's Altar/Engine: A Case Study in Reconceptualizing Materiality
MoMA conservators and the artist developed a care protocol for a work made of seventy-six Rhino files 3D printed into plastic components.
June 15, 2018