A New Era for the Distribution of Media Art

By:   Stefan Glowacki
Edited by:   Gaby Wijers, Rachel Somers Miles
Imprint:   Lima
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 8mm
Weight:   204g
ISBN:   9789090369020
ISBN 10:   9090369023
Pages:   132
Publication Date:   07 February 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

STEFAN GLOWACKI is a researcher in the fields of media art and media theory. He holds a BFA (2018) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has worked with Video Data Bank in Chicago and LIMA in Amsterdam, where he investigated the preservation and distribution of media art, as well as distributed and collaborative approaches to knowledge production. He has participated in art residencies and exhibitions in Europe and the United States. He currently teaches at the Poznan University of Arts. RACHEL SOMERS MILES is a project leader and researcher at LIMA, most recently focusing on the two-year digital art distribution model research project. She was involved in previous LIMA projects such as Future Proof, where she focused on researching the documentation and preservation of born-digital interactive installations, and Art Host where she developed an online tool to assist born-digital artists in documenting their own artworks. Rachel also runs various projects at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision including initiating and leading Inward Outward, and continues to consult on/edit publications about art and digital culture. UBERMORGEN ('the day after tomorrow', CH/AT/US, *1995) is an artist duo, a synthesis of autistic actionist lizvlx (aka Liz Katlein) & pragmatic visionary Luzius Bernhard (formerly known as Hans Bernhard). They are net.art pioneers, 'Media Hackers' widely recognized for their Online Actionism, Haute Couture NFTs & Websites, Polarising Social Experiments, Deep/Radical Research, Binary Primitivism & Conceptual Art. http: //ubermorgen.com GABY WIJERS is the founder and director of LIMA. She has a background in information management, theatre and informatics. She initiated, advised and participated in multiple national and international projects dealing with the documentation, preservation and access of immaterial and interactive art, specialisation media art and performance. She participates in national and international networks such as the Foundation for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (SBMK), Dutch Digital Heritage Network (NDE) and Network Archives Design and Digital Culture. She is a guest lecturer at Amsterdam University and an honourable research fellow at Exeter University.