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The Art of Digital Preservation: Morgan Kessler, Media Collections Manager, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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The Art of Digital Preservation: Morgan Kessler, Media Collections Manager, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

State Of The Art · State of the Art Org

September 19, 201941m 4s

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Show Notes

One of the biggest challenges facing media artists today is the concept of preservation. Any work of art needs to be restored, touched up and preserved to last over time. But with rapidly evolving technology, it's become hugely necessary to regularly maintain and put systems in place to keep tech-art alive and functioning as it should. In this episode, we speak with Morgan Kessler, Media Collections Manager at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) who oversees the preservation of the museum’s collection of Time-Based art. 


Artworks Discussed in this Episode:

Mungo Thomson, Composition for Marimba, 2016

Nam June Paik, Video Flag Z, 1986

 

-About Morgan Kessler-

Morgan Kessler has been working with museums and artists as an Audio Visual Specialist since 2008. She joined LACMA in 2012 as a Time-Based Media Technician in the Gallery Media department. In her current role as Media Collections Manager, she is charged with the care of the museum’s collection of Time-Based artworks.

You can tweet Morgan @IamtheMogie

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