Reshaping the Collectible: When Artworks Live in the Museum

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<ul class="in-page-nav__list list--inline"> <li class="in-page-nav__item"> <a href="#lives-of-artworks" class="text-link" data-role="tate-goto"> The Lives of Artworks </a> </li> <li class="in-page-nav__item"> <a href="#the-lives-of-net-art" class="text-link" data-role="tate-goto"> The Lives of Net Art </a> </li> <li class="in-page-nav__item"> <a href="#tony-conrad" class="text-link" data-role="tate-goto"> Tony Conrad </a> </li> <li class="in-page-nav__item"> <a href="#ima-abasi-okon" class="text-link" data-role="tate-goto"> Ima-Abasi Okon </a> </li> <li class="in-page-nav__item"> <a href="#when-archives-and-records-live-in-the-museum" class="text-link" data-role="tate-goto"> When Archives and Records Live in the Museum </a> </li> <li class="in-page-nav__item"> <a href="#how-have-we-approached-this-research" class="text-link" data-role="tate-goto"> How have we approached this research? </a> </li> </ul> <div class="splash-header__gradient"></div> </div> </div> <div class="block-section"> 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https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/_dsc4666_0_6iDQhA1.width-840.jpg 840w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/_dsc4666_0_6iDQhA1.width-1200.jpg 1200w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 200px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, (max-width: 1024px) 420px, (max-width: 1200px) 540px, (max-width: 1420px) 840px, 1200px, " > <img alt="Musicians rehearse for a performance of Tony Conrad’s Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain 1972" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/_dsc4666_0_6iDQhA1.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="226" > </picture> <figcaption class="image__caption"> <p data-block-key="d7fd4">Filming rehearsals for LightNight 2019: performance of Tony Conrad’s <i>Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain</i> 1972<br/>Photo: Roger Sinek © Tate</p> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="block-rich_text"><p data-block-key="i91wd">Reshaping the Collectible: When Artworks Live in the Museum is a major research project focused on recent and contemporary artworks that challenge the practices of the museum. It contributes to theory and practice in collection care, curation and museum management.</p><p data-block-key="3ieme">The project started in June 2018 and was due to end on 30 June 2021, but due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic it was extended to December 2022 to allow time for the remaining project publications, finalisation of audience research, and a major international conference. <i>Reshaping the Collectible: Learning Through Change</i> was held online on 14, 15 and 16 September 2022. The majority of sessions were recorded and are available to watch on the <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/online-event/reshaping-the-collectible-learning-through-change">conference event page here</a>.</p><p data-block-key="a4msl">Reshaping the Collectible is grounded in six studies focused on works in the Tate collection: works that unfold over time and exist in multiple forms; works that challenge the boundaries between artwork, record and archive, and rely on complex networks of people, skills and technologies outside of the museum.</p></div> <div class="block-accordion"> <div class="accordion__container" data-accordion> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion__item"> <h2 id="what-are-the-subjects-of-the-six-focused-studies" class="accordion__header"> <button id="h.what-are-the-subjects-of-the-six-focused-studies-s1TdC" class="accordion__button" data-accordion-question aria-controls="c.what-are-the-subjects-of-the-six-focused-studies-s1TdC" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="accordion__title"> What are the subjects of the six focused studies? </span> </button> </h2> <div id="c.what-are-the-subjects-of-the-six-focused-studies-s1TdC" data-accordion-answer class="accordion__content" aria-labelledby="h.what-are-the-subjects-of-the-six-focused-studies-s1TdC" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="block-rich_text"><p data-block-key="l16b2">Three of the six studies focus on a work or group of works by individual artists and these artists are:</p><ul><li data-block-key="f6917">Tony Conrad</li><li data-block-key="f2sl8">Ima-Abasi Okon</li><li data-block-key="9jusn">Richard Bell</li></ul><p data-block-key="cr1d1">Three of the focused studies are thematic and these are:</p><ul><li data-block-key="ej9k7">Remaking, Remastering, Reproduction</li><li data-block-key="fmssj">The Lives of Net Art</li><li data-block-key="9tprn">When Archives and Records Live in the Museum</li></ul><h4 data-block-key="cb6r7">How were these subjects selected?</h4><p data-block-key="eb6vv">The subjects of these focused studies were chosen following a consultation process across Tate, with staff nominating artworks or areas of study that had challenged their practice. These nominations came from registrars, conservators, curators, art handlers and archivists.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-rich_text"><p data-block-key="fm53e">At the heart of this initiative is a desire to open up the museum and provide a generous invitation to Tate’s public, making visible the invisible lives of artworks as they unfold within, and in dialogue with, the museum.</p><p data-block-key="2bvm">We are adding material to the website as it becomes ready for publication. Further texts are forthcoming, and the next to be added will be texts on Tate’s net art commissions in ‘The Lives of Net Art’ section.</p><h4 data-block-key="17ee1">STAY UPDATED</h4><p data-block-key="60j82">Follow <a href="https://www.twitter.com/tateresearch">@TateResearch</a> on Twitter for the latest updates.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-heading"><div class="container"> <div class="container__inner"> <h2 id="conference" class="section__title">Conference</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-strip"> <div class="article-strip container " id="conference"> <div class="article-strip__content container__inner"> <div class=""> <ul class="card-list cards card-list--type__landscape card-list--type__ card-list--1col"> <li class="card card--event " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/online-event/reshaping-the-collectible-learning-through-change" aria-label="Reshaping the Collectible: Learning through Change" 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<div class="card-icons"> <div class="event-info event-info__venue"> <div class="event-icon"> <i class="icon--location"></i> </div> <span>Online events</span> </div> <div class="event-info event-info__date"> <div class="event-icon"> <i class="icon--calendar"></i> </div> <span>14, 15 and 16 September 2022</span> </div> <div class="event-info event-info__price">  </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="Tate-lightbox__strip" class="TateUI-lightbox container__fullvh" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="lightbox-title" aria-describedby="lightbox-description" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1">  <div tabindex="0"></div> <div class="container__inner relative container__inner__block"> <div class="cards-slider"> </div> <div class="absolute top-0 right-0 op-1" tabindex="0" aria-label="Close lightbox" role="button"> <i tabindex="-1" class="Tate-lightbox__close TateUI-icon icon icon--cross TateUI-icon__size--default no-margin rounded " role="button" aria-label="Close lightbox"></i> </div> </div>  <div tabindex="0"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-heading"><div class="container"> <div class="container__inner"> <h2 id="lives-of-artworks" class="section__title">The Lives of Artworks</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-strip"> <div class="article-strip container " id="the-lives-of-artworks"> <div class="article-strip__content container__inner"> <div class=""> <ul class="card-list cards card-list--type__portrait card-list--type__canvas card-list--4col"> <li class="card card--display " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/visit/tate-britain/display/lives-artworks" aria-label="The Lives of Artworks" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/learning_gallery_tb_nov_2021_006_smaller_hpGq6.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/learning_gallery_tb_nov_2021_006_smaller_hpGq6.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/learning_gallery_tb_nov_2021_006_smaller_hpGq6.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/learning_gallery_tb_nov_2021_006_smaller_hpGq6.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/learning_gallery_tb_nov_2021_006_smaller_hpGq6.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="A room with tables and chairs in it. On the left wall are shelves which have printed resources on them." src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/learning_gallery_tb_nov_2021_006_smaller_hpGq6.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="226" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--display">The Lives of Artworks</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="ytkxf">Interactive display of maps, photographs, texts and behind-the-scenes films that explore how artworks ‘live’ in the museum</p> </div> <span class="card__label card__label--status">Free</span> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--tatecool_article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/visit/tate-britain/display/audio-tour-lives-of-artworks" aria-label="Audio Highlight Tour: The Lives of Artworks" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/9_8_DOHJ5BO.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/9_8_DOHJ5BO.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/9_8_DOHJ5BO.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/9_8_DOHJ5BO.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/9_8_DOHJ5BO.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Two people study objects on a table" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/9_8_DOHJ5BO.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="255" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--tatecool_article">Audio Highlight Tour: The Lives of Artworks</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p><p>Listen to stories about how artworks shift and change from the people who work with them</p></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--tatecool_article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/life-artwork-quadrille-rose-english" aria-label="Life of an Artwork: Quadrille by Rose English" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/life_of_an_artwork_quadrille10.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/life_of_an_artwork_quadrille10.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/life_of_an_artwork_quadrille10.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/life_of_an_artwork_quadrille10.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/life_of_an_artwork_quadrille10.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="photograph of someone seen only waist-down in a dancer's costume with a fake horse's tail attached to it sat astride a dark brown, real life horse" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/life_of_an_artwork_quadrille10.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="191" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--tatecool_article">Life of an Artwork: Quadrille by Rose English</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p><p>Discover how this performance caused a commotion at the Southampton Horse Show, and how it lives on inside the museum</p></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--tatecool_article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/art/artworks/hiller-belshazzars-feast-the-writing-on-your-wall-t03923/life-artwork-belshazzars-feast-susan-hiller" aria-label="Life of an Artwork: Belshazzar’s Feast by Susan Hiller" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/t03923_9.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/t03923_9.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/t03923_9.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/t03923_9.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/t03923_9.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Belshazzar’s Feast, the Writing on Your Wall is a multimedia installation that combines video, colour photography, drawing, sound and interior furnishings." src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/t03923_9.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="226" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--tatecool_article">Life of an Artwork: Belshazzar’s Feast by Susan Hiller</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p><p>Explore the continually evolving history of this ghostly installation</p></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="Tate-lightbox__strip" class="TateUI-lightbox container__fullvh" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="lightbox-title" aria-describedby="lightbox-description" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1">  <div tabindex="0"></div> <div class="container__inner relative container__inner__block"> <div class="cards-slider"> </div> <div class="absolute top-0 right-0 op-1" tabindex="0" aria-label="Close lightbox" role="button"> <i tabindex="-1" class="Tate-lightbox__close TateUI-icon icon icon--cross TateUI-icon__size--default no-margin rounded " role="button" aria-label="Close lightbox"></i> </div> </div>  <div tabindex="0"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-section"> <div class="article-body container"> <div class="article-body__content container__inner"> <div class="block-anchor"><div id="netart"> <a href="#netart"></a> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-heading"><div class="container"> <div class="container__inner"> <h2 id="the-lives-of-net-art" class="section__title">The Lives of Net Art</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-strip"> <div class="article-strip container " id="the-lives-of-net-art"> <div class="article-strip__content container__inner"> <div class=""> <ul class="card-list cards card-list--type__ card-list--type__canvas card-list--3col"> <li class="card card--tatecool_article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/net-art-introduction" aria-label="The Lives of Net Art: Introduction(s)" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/shilpa_gupta_blessed_series_ctYliN7.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/shilpa_gupta_blessed_series_ctYliN7.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/shilpa_gupta_blessed_series_ctYliN7.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/shilpa_gupta_blessed_series_ctYliN7.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/shilpa_gupta_blessed_series_ctYliN7.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/shilpa_gupta_blessed_series_ctYliN7.width-340.jpg 340w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 760px) 340px, (max-width: 840px) 240px, (max-width: 1200px) 340px, 340px, " > <img alt="Shilpa Gupta, Untitled 2001–2 from blessed series" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/shilpa_gupta_blessed_series_ctYliN7.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="255" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--tatecool_article">The Lives of Net Art: Introduction(s)</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Kit Webb and Sarah Cook </p> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="pvh7m">Introducing our research and each of the texts published here on the history and future of Tate’s net art commissions</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/net-art-tate-always-under-review" aria-label="Net Art at Tate: ‘Always Under Review’" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Picture1_lrdzEIo.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Picture1_lrdzEIo.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Picture1_lrdzEIo.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Picture1_lrdzEIo.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Picture1_lrdzEIo.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Picture1_lrdzEIo.width-340.jpg 340w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 760px) 340px, (max-width: 840px) 240px, (max-width: 1200px) 340px, 340px, " > <img alt="Installation view of a text-based work of net art" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Picture1_lrdzEIo.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="191" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Net Art at Tate: ‘Always Under Review’</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Sarah Cook </p> <div class="card__description"> <p><p data-block-key="he0mg">Watch a recording and download an edited transcript of Sarah Cook’s concluding paper, delivered at Net Art at Tate: Learning from the Reshaping the Collectible research project, the final project seminar held at Tate on 31 October 2023.</p></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--tatecool_page " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/net-art-commissions-artwork-texts" aria-label="Net Art Commissions, 2000–2011: Artwork Texts" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Golan_Fig.02.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Golan_Fig.02.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Golan_Fig.02.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Golan_Fig.02.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Golan_Fig.02.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Golan_Fig.02.width-340.jpg 340w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 760px) 340px, (max-width: 840px) 240px, (max-width: 1200px) 340px, 340px, " > <img alt="" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Golan_Fig.02.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="265" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--tatecool_page">Net Art Commissions, 2000–2011: Artwork Texts</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="g0dds">Read texts on each of the commissioned net art works, drawing on interviews with artists and technical research</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/net-art-uncomfortable-proximity-keeping-web-based-art-online" aria-label="Another Case of Uncomfortable Proximity? Keeping Web-based Art Online at Tate" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig7a.width-340.png 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig7a.width-420.png 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig7a.width-340.png 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig7a.width-240.png 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig7a.width-340.png 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig7a.width-340.png 340w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 760px) 340px, (max-width: 840px) 240px, (max-width: 1200px) 340px, 340px, " > <img alt="" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig7a.width-340.png" loading="lazy" width="340" height="255" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Another Case of Uncomfortable Proximity? Keeping Web-based Art Online at Tate</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Patricia Falcão </p> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="fatr8">An overview of the research into the conservation and preservation of the fifteen net artworks that were commissioned for Tate’s website between 2000 and 2011</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/net-art-dusty-navigational-pathways" aria-label="‘Dusty Navigational Pathways’: Net Art in the Museum" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.8_redundant_technology_crop_0_47lrDpK.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.8_redundant_technology_crop_0_47lrDpK.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.8_redundant_technology_crop_0_47lrDpK.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.8_redundant_technology_crop_0_47lrDpK.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.8_redundant_technology_crop_0_47lrDpK.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.8_redundant_technology_crop_0_47lrDpK.width-340.jpg 340w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 760px) 340px, (max-width: 840px) 240px, (max-width: 1200px) 340px, 340px, " > <img alt="A display of thirty-six computer monitors presented in a grid-like structure." src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.8_redundant_technology_crop_0_47lrDpK.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="274" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">‘Dusty Navigational Pathways’: Net Art in the Museum</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Lucy Bayley </p> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="m10by">The history of the fifteen net artworks commissioned by Tate for its website between 2000 and 2011</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/net-art-contextualising-intermedia-art-microsite" aria-label="Contextualising the Intermedia Art Microsite 2008–12" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/3_intermedia_now_crop_4UeREwd.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/3_intermedia_now_crop_4UeREwd.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/3_intermedia_now_crop_4UeREwd.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/3_intermedia_now_crop_4UeREwd.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/3_intermedia_now_crop_4UeREwd.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/3_intermedia_now_crop_4UeREwd.width-340.jpg 340w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 760px) 340px, (max-width: 840px) 240px, (max-width: 1200px) 340px, 340px, " > <img alt="Webpage screenshot with title 'Intermedia Art' over black-and-white image of two television screens, a CCTV camera and a reflective sphere" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/3_intermedia_now_crop_4UeREwd.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="313" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Contextualising the Intermedia Art Microsite 2008–12</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Sarah Haylett </p> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="yb8jy">An overview and context of how the Intermedia Art microsite came to be</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/net-art-archiving-intermedia-art-microsite" aria-label="Websites as Records: Archiving the Intermedia Art Microsite" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/intermedia_art_2008_QMOmpdB.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/intermedia_art_2008_QMOmpdB.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/intermedia_art_2008_QMOmpdB.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/intermedia_art_2008_QMOmpdB.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/intermedia_art_2008_QMOmpdB.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/intermedia_art_2008_QMOmpdB.width-340.jpg 340w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 760px) 340px, (max-width: 840px) 240px, (max-width: 1200px) 340px, 340px, " > <img alt="Screenshot of the Intermedia Art microsite, with Tate and BT logos, Intermedia Art title, photograph of a partially dismantled microphone" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/intermedia_art_2008_QMOmpdB.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="241" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Websites as Records: Archiving the Intermedia Art Microsite</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Sarah Haylett </p> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="789rw">Revealing the process and tools used to archive the microsite with Tate’s Time-based Media Conservation team</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="Tate-lightbox__strip" class="TateUI-lightbox container__fullvh" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="lightbox-title" 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data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/nelson_crop_lMSmNWg.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/nelson_crop_lMSmNWg.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/nelson_crop_lMSmNWg.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/nelson_crop_lMSmNWg.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/nelson_crop_lMSmNWg.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="A piece of heavy machinery on a trestle bench on a plinth in a gallery" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/nelson_crop_lMSmNWg.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="218" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Reflections on Commissioning and Licensing</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Stephen Huyton </p> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="5yga2">Discussing the collection management and legal considerations raised by commissioned and licensed artworks</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/creating-collection-management-system-locations-for-digital-artwork-components" aria-label="Creating Collection Management System Locations for Digital Artwork Components" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.1_Art_of_Sleep.width-340.png 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.1_Art_of_Sleep.width-420.png 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.1_Art_of_Sleep.width-240.png 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.1_Art_of_Sleep.width-340.png 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.1_Art_of_Sleep.width-240.png 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Black text in large capital letters on a white background that reads: ART CRITICISM? HAH! CRITICISM SCHMITICISM!" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.1_Art_of_Sleep.width-340.png" loading="lazy" width="340" height="190" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Creating Collection Management System Locations for Digital Artwork Components</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Stephen Huyton </p> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="5yga2">Reflecting on new collection management system locations that better document both tangible and digital artwork components</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--external " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23257962.2022.2117147" aria-label="Reconstituting and Rebuilding Lost and Missing Institutional Records at Tate" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/reconstituing_records.width-340.png 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/reconstituing_records.width-420.png 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/reconstituing_records.width-240.png 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/reconstituing_records.width-340.png 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/reconstituing_records.width-240.png 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Scan of an email to Jemima Rellie inviting Rellie to submit a proposal as part of Tate commissioning new works of Net Art for display on its website" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/reconstituing_records.width-340.png" loading="lazy" width="340" height="260" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--external">Reconstituting and Rebuilding Lost and Missing Institutional Records at Tate</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="mlbhd">Read Sarah Haylett’s paper on navigating the loss of records related to the commissioning of fifteen internet artworks</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/net-art-reconstituting-the-record-methodology" aria-label="Methodology for Reconstituting and Rebuilding Lost or Missing Institutional Records at Tate" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/methodology.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/methodology.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/methodology.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/methodology.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/methodology.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Screenshot of the Web Archive view of the Net Art section of the Tate website" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/methodology.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="223" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Methodology for Reconstituting and Rebuilding Lost or Missing Institutional Records at Tate</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Sarah Haylett </p> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="5yga2">Methodology supporting Haylett’s paper ‘Reconstituting and Rebuilding Lost and Missing Institutional Records at Tate’</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="Tate-lightbox__strip" class="TateUI-lightbox container__fullvh" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="lightbox-title" aria-describedby="lightbox-description" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1">  <div tabindex="0"></div> <div class="container__inner relative container__inner__block"> <div class="cards-slider"> </div> <div class="absolute top-0 right-0 op-1" tabindex="0" aria-label="Close lightbox" role="button"> <i tabindex="-1" class="Tate-lightbox__close TateUI-icon icon icon--cross TateUI-icon__size--default no-margin rounded " role="button" aria-label="Close lightbox"></i> </div> </div>  <div tabindex="0"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-strip"> <div class="article-strip container " id="the-lives-of-net-art"> <div class="article-strip__content container__inner"> <div class=""> <ul class="card-list cards card-list--type__ card-list--type__canvas card-list--4col"> <li class="card card--tatecool_article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/art/art-terms/i/internet-art/what-are-internet-artworks-and-how-do-we-care-for-them" aria-label="What are internet artworks and how do we care for them?" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/TResearch_2022_01_LivesNetArt_clean.00_07_23_0.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/TResearch_2022_01_LivesNetArt_clean.00_07_23_0.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/TResearch_2022_01_LivesNetArt_clean.00_07_23_0.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/TResearch_2022_01_LivesNetArt_clean.00_07_23_0.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/TResearch_2022_01_LivesNetArt_clean.00_07_23_0.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/TResearch_2022_01_LivesNetArt_clean.00_07_23_0.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="191" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--tatecool_article">What are internet artworks and how do we care for them?</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p><p data-block-key="6820o">Explore the challenges faced by a museum when collecting and conserving 'net art'</p></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--event " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/whats-on/tate-modern/lives-net-art" aria-label="Lives of Net Art" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/noplace_video_still_-_walczek_wattenberg_2008_.width-340_mLVMsqQ.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/noplace_video_still_-_walczek_wattenberg_2008_.width-420_scpRbJG.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/noplace_video_still_-_walczek_wattenberg_2008_.width-240_gUYjKpA.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/noplace_video_still_-_walczek_wattenberg_2008_.width-340_mLVMsqQ.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/noplace_video_still_-_walczek_wattenberg_2008_.width-240_gUYjKpA.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Video still of crowd from Marek Walczak and Martin Wattenberg's Noplace 2008." src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/noplace_video_still_-_walczek_wattenberg_2008_.width-340_mLVMsqQ.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="255" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--event">Lives of Net Art</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="zrdo5">A day-long series of talks, workshops and interactive experiences that explored how artists use the internet</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--event " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/whats-on/tate-modern/lives-net-art/christiane-paul" aria-label="Lives of Net Art: Christiane Paul" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/shilpagupta_zAZLHA7.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/shilpagupta_zAZLHA7.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/shilpagupta_zAZLHA7.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/shilpagupta_zAZLHA7.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/shilpagupta_zAZLHA7.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Still from Shilpa Gupta, Blessed Bandwidth 2003 © Shilpa Gupta" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/shilpagupta_zAZLHA7.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="272" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--event">Lives of Net Art: Christiane Paul</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="zrdo5">A conversation about how museums engage with internet art, with Christiane Paul, Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, Gary Stewart and Anne Barlow</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/net-forever-art" aria-label="(Net) FOREVER Art :)" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/noronha_GgKbevO.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/noronha_GgKbevO.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/noronha_GgKbevO.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/noronha_GgKbevO.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/noronha_GgKbevO.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="A screenshot of a 'parking page' for a website that no longer exists at that URL, illustrating the issue of broken links" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/noronha_GgKbevO.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="330" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">(Net) FOREVER Art :)</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Marina Valle Noronha </p> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="zrdo5">Reporting on the Lives of Net Art events, Noronha asks what might we learn from net art’s impermanence?</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="Tate-lightbox__strip" class="TateUI-lightbox container__fullvh" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="lightbox-title" aria-describedby="lightbox-description" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1">  <div tabindex="0"></div> <div class="container__inner relative container__inner__block"> <div class="cards-slider"> </div> <div class="absolute top-0 right-0 op-1" tabindex="0" aria-label="Close lightbox" role="button"> <i tabindex="-1" class="Tate-lightbox__close TateUI-icon icon icon--cross TateUI-icon__size--default no-margin rounded " role="button" aria-label="Close lightbox"></i> </div> </div>  <div tabindex="0"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-heading"><div class="container"> <div class="container__inner"> <h2 id="tony-conrad" class="section__title">Tony Conrad</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-section"> <div class="article-body container"> <div class="article-body__content container__inner"> <div class="block-rich_text"><p data-block-key="oyijb"><a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/tony-conrad-25422">Tony Conrad</a> (1940–2016) was an American artist, composer, musician, performer, teacher and filmmaker. A key figure in the New York avant-garde art scene in the 1960s, Conrad is best known for his seminal experiments in minimal, long-duration sound and structural filmmaking. His works explored the conceptual and material properties of film and he used video and performance to explore themes of power and authority. The subject of this focused study is <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/conrad-ten-years-alive-on-the-infinite-plain-l04307"><i>Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain</i></a>, first performed in 1972, a powerful audio-visual performance that pairs hypnotic film loops with droning strings.</p></div> <div class="block-accordion"> <div class="accordion__container" data-accordion> <div class="accordion"> <div class="accordion__item"> <h2 id="find-out-more-about-tony-conrad-and-this-research" class="accordion__header"> <button id="h.find-out-more-about-tony-conrad-and-this-research-n5iNe" class="accordion__button" data-accordion-question aria-controls="c.find-out-more-about-tony-conrad-and-this-research-n5iNe" aria-expanded="false"> <span class="accordion__title"> Find out more about Tony Conrad and this research </span> </button> </h2> <div id="c.find-out-more-about-tony-conrad-and-this-research-n5iNe" data-accordion-answer class="accordion__content" aria-labelledby="h.find-out-more-about-tony-conrad-and-this-research-n5iNe" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="block-rich_text"><p data-block-key="ze0ir">Artist, composer, musician, performer, teacher and filmmaker, Tony Conrad was a key figure in the New York avant-garde art scene in the 1960s, best known for his seminal experiments in minimal, long-duration sound and structural filmmaking. He was a central part of The Theatre of Eternal Music (later known as The Dream Syndicate), working collaboratively with La Monte Young, John Cale, Angus MacLise and Marian Zazeela among others. In 1966, Conrad created The Flicker, which created stroboscopic effects by switching between black and white and provided a model for the sub-genre of flicker films that would later emerge in experimental media practice. His other works explored the conceptual and material properties of film and he used video and performance to explore themes of power and authority.</p><p data-block-key="51h86">Conrad later ventured into video and public-access television while teaching in the Department of Media Study at The State University Of New York, Buffalo, where he lived and worked alongside filmmakers and media artists Hollis Frampton, <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/paul-sharits-20044">Paul Sharits</a>, <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/intermediaart/entry21239.shtm">Steina and Woody Vasulka</a> and Peter Weibel.</p><p data-block-key="7vtbq">The research carried out as part of Reshaping the Collectible responded to <i>Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain</i> and the questions raised by the work entering Tate’s collection after Conrad’s death. What we learnt centred on the implications for our practice in acknowledging the community that had supported Conrad’s work, in particular <i>Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain</i>, since it was first performed in 1972. This led us to change the ways we acknowledge the contribution and knowledge of those outside the museum in our documentation, moving away from the ‘neutral’ voice of museum documentation. The research also focused on understanding the history of this artwork and its many varying iterations. This detailed history was supported by extensive interviews with past performers, producers and curators of the work, all of whom had an intimate connection with it. This led to a consideration of the role of memory in constructing the future of these artworks and the ethics of this work within conservation.</p><p data-block-key="drct5">As conservators, collection managers and curators, this case study has served to develop our practice in relation to complex performance works in several ways, including how we acknowledge the many different types of knowledge and expertise about a work within the networks that have and continue to support their ongoing performance, how we document performance artworks, how we manage components of performance works, and how we develop practices that nurture and support their ongoing transmission.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-strip"> <div class="article-strip container " id="tony-conrad"> <div class="article-strip__content container__inner"> <div class=""> <ul class="card-list cards card-list--type__portrait card-list--type__canvas card-list--4col"> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/introduction-tony-conrad-ten-years-alive-on-the-infinite-plain" aria-label="Introduction: Tony Conrad, Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_10_George_Maund_using_a_solid_steel_guitar.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_10_George_Maund_using_a_solid_steel_guitar.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_10_George_Maund_using_a_solid_steel_guitar.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_10_George_Maund_using_a_solid_steel_guitar.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_10_George_Maund_using_a_solid_steel_guitar.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="A musician holds a steel tube against the strings of a guitar-like instrument" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_10_George_Maund_using_a_solid_steel_guitar.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="226" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Introduction: <em>Tony Conrad, Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain</em></span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Pip Laurenson </p> <div class="card__description"> <p>Outline of the interdisciplinary research carried out into the acquisition, conservation, display and documentation of this artwork</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/live-and-collectable-conrad-ten-years-alive" aria-label="‘Yes, But How Can It Be Live and Collectable?’: Tony Conrad’s Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain 1972" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.2_tatti.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.2_tatti.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.2_tatti.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.2_tatti.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.2_tatti.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Installation view of an artwork comprising performers and television screens" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.2_tatti.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="235" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">‘Yes, But How Can It Be Live and Collectable?’: Tony Conrad’s Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain 1972</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Lucy Bayley </p> <div class="card__description"> <p>This essay charts the different interpretations of this work that's been staged fourteen times since it was first performed</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/conrad-ecologies-memory" aria-label="Ecologies of Memory in the Conservation of Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.5_2006_dundee_musicians_arika_website_phot.width-340.jpg 333w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.5_2006_dundee_musicians_arika_website_phot.width-420.jpg 333w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.5_2006_dundee_musicians_arika_website_phot.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.5_2006_dundee_musicians_arika_website_phot.width-340.jpg 333w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.5_2006_dundee_musicians_arika_website_phot.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Fig.5 Performance of Tony Conrad, Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain as part of the festival Kill Your Timid Notion 06, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, 17 February 2006 Photo: Bryony McIntyre" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.5_2006_dundee_musicians_arika_website_phot.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="333" height="249" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Ecologies of Memory in the Conservation of <em>Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain</em></span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Hélia Marçal </p> <div class="card__description"> <p>This paper discusses the role of memory ecologies in the conservation and activation of complex performance artworks</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/institutional-practices-collecting-performance-art-at-tate" aria-label="Institutional Practices: Collecting Performance Art at Tate" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.3_Andrew_Lampert_preparing_a_film_loop_for.width-340.png 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.3_Andrew_Lampert_preparing_a_film_loop_for.width-420.png 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.3_Andrew_Lampert_preparing_a_film_loop_for.width-240.png 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.3_Andrew_Lampert_preparing_a_film_loop_for.width-340.png 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.3_Andrew_Lampert_preparing_a_film_loop_for.width-240.png 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Close-up of a person adjusting a film projector" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.3_Andrew_Lampert_preparing_a_film_loop_for.width-340.png" loading="lazy" width="340" height="225" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Institutional Practices: Collecting Performance Art at Tate</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Louise Lawson , Stephen Huyton , Hélia Marçal and Ana Ribeiro </p> <div class="card__description"> <p>This essay explores the institutional practices that guide the acquisition and long-term care of performance artworks</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="Tate-lightbox__strip" class="TateUI-lightbox container__fullvh" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="lightbox-title" aria-describedby="lightbox-description" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1">  <div tabindex="0"></div> <div class="container__inner relative container__inner__block"> <div class="cards-slider"> </div> <div class="absolute top-0 right-0 op-1" tabindex="0" aria-label="Close lightbox" role="button"> <i tabindex="-1" class="Tate-lightbox__close TateUI-icon icon icon--cross TateUI-icon__size--default no-margin rounded " role="button" aria-label="Close lightbox"></i> </div> </div>  <div tabindex="0"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-strip"> <div class="article-strip container " id="tony-conrad"> <div class="article-strip__content container__inner"> <div class=""> <ul class="card-list cards card-list--type__ card-list--type__ card-list--5col"> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/tony-conrad-experimenting-transmission" aria-label="Experimenting with Transmission" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.4_n-space_0.width-340.png 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.4_n-space_0.width-420.png 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.4_n-space_0.width-240.png 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.4_n-space_0.width-340.png 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.4_n-space_0.width-240.png 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Fig.4 The projectors undergoing testing at N-Space, Tate Store, London, March 2019, using dummy film stock Photo: Hélia Marçal" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.4_n-space_0.width-340.png" loading="lazy" width="340" height="253" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Experimenting with Transmission</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Hélia Marçal , Louise Lawson and Ana Ribeiro </p> <div class="card__description"> <p>This article discusses the experimental process undertaken by conservators to preserve the work’s complexity</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/method-assessing-conservation-documentation-complex-performance-artworks" aria-label="Method for Assessing Conservation Documentation for Complex Performance Artworks" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_1_View_of_the_performance_of_Tony_Conrads_.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_1_View_of_the_performance_of_Tony_Conrads_.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_1_View_of_the_performance_of_Tony_Conrads_.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_1_View_of_the_performance_of_Tony_Conrads_.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_1_View_of_the_performance_of_Tony_Conrads_.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="A group of people sit in a darkened room looking at an image of vertical strips of white light that is projected onto the wall" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_1_View_of_the_performance_of_Tony_Conrads_.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="226" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Method for Assessing Conservation Documentation for Complex Performance Artworks</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Louise Lawson and Hélia Marçal </p> <div class="card__description"> <p>This essay provides a methodology that can be used to create bespoke processes for the documentation of complex performance artworks</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--external " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/file/tony-conrad-dossier-part-1-performance-specification" aria-label="Performance Specification, part of the Tony Conrad Dossier" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_4_New_performers_Emily_Lansley_centre_and_.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_4_New_performers_Emily_Lansley_centre_and_.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_4_New_performers_Emily_Lansley_centre_and_.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_4_New_performers_Emily_Lansley_centre_and_.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_4_New_performers_Emily_Lansley_centre_and_.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Two people read a document together" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig_4_New_performers_Emily_Lansley_centre_and_.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="226" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--external">Performance Specification, part of the Tony Conrad Dossier</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="09znp">Download this performance specification [PDF], the first part of a dossier of information to be consulted prior to activation of the artwork</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--tatecool_article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/art/artists/tony-conrad-25422/conserving-tony-conrad" aria-label="Conserving Tony Conrad" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/loc_09425u_copy_J3ix6Cj.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/loc_09425u_copy_J3ix6Cj.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/loc_09425u_copy_J3ix6Cj.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/loc_09425u_copy_J3ix6Cj.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/loc_09425u_copy_J3ix6Cj.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Tony Conrad holding a video camera" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/loc_09425u_copy_J3ix6Cj.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="222" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--tatecool_article">Conserving Tony Conrad</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="pv4lk">Watch Tate researchers, conservators and curators as they attempt to conserve and recreate this complex performance artwork</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--event " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/whats-on/tate-liverpool/lightnight-2019-tony-conrad-performance" aria-label="Lightnight 2019: Tony Conrad Performance" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/tony_conrad_ten_years_alive_on_the_infinite_pl.width-340_6aYA7hr.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/tony_conrad_ten_years_alive_on_the_infinite_pl.width-420_ulkjRPh.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/tony_conrad_ten_years_alive_on_the_infinite_pl.width-240_RtvJ9RA.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/tony_conrad_ten_years_alive_on_the_infinite_pl.width-340_6aYA7hr.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/tony_conrad_ten_years_alive_on_the_infinite_pl.width-240_RtvJ9RA.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Tony Conrad Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain 1972 (c) Tate" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/tony_conrad_ten_years_alive_on_the_infinite_pl.width-340_6aYA7hr.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="191" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--event">Lightnight 2019: Tony Conrad Performance</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p><p data-block-key="3v0u6">Experience the distinctive sounds and visuals of American avant-garde video artist, filmmaker and composer Tony Conrad</p></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="Tate-lightbox__strip" class="TateUI-lightbox container__fullvh" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="lightbox-title" aria-describedby="lightbox-description" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1">  <div tabindex="0"></div> <div class="container__inner relative container__inner__block"> <div class="cards-slider"> </div> <div class="absolute top-0 right-0 op-1" tabindex="0" aria-label="Close lightbox" role="button"> <i tabindex="-1" class="Tate-lightbox__close TateUI-icon icon icon--cross TateUI-icon__size--default no-margin rounded " role="button" aria-label="Close lightbox"></i> </div> </div>  <div tabindex="0"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-heading"><div class="container"> <div class="container__inner"> <h2 id="ima-abasi-okon" class="section__title">Ima-Abasi Okon</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-strip"> <div class="article-strip container " id="ima-abasi-okon"> <div class="article-strip__content container__inner"> <div class=""> <ul class="card-list cards card-list--type__portrait card-list--type__canvas card-list--3col"> <li class="card card--tatecool_article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/art/artists/ima-abasi-okon-30538/audio-description-works-ima-abasi-okon" aria-label="Audio Description: Works by Ima-Abasi Okon" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/okon_crop.width-340.png 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/okon_crop.width-420.png 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/okon_crop.width-340.png 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/okon_crop.width-240.png 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/okon_crop.width-340.png 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/okon_crop.width-340.png 340w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 760px) 340px, (max-width: 840px) 240px, (max-width: 1200px) 340px, 340px, " > <img alt="Okon artwork installed in the gallery" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/okon_crop.width-340.png" loading="lazy" width="340" height="265" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--tatecool_article">Audio Description: Works by Ima-Abasi Okon</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p><p>Listen to a visual description of artworks by Ima-Abasi Okon</p></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--tatecool_article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/art/artists/ima-abasi-okon-30538/audio-recordings-oil-and-spirit" aria-label="Audio Recordings: Oil and Spirit" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/ima-abasi_okon_install_tb_01_1_WTF8Ev7.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/ima-abasi_okon_install_tb_01_1_WTF8Ev7.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/ima-abasi_okon_install_tb_01_1_WTF8Ev7.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/ima-abasi_okon_install_tb_01_1_WTF8Ev7.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/ima-abasi_okon_install_tb_01_1_WTF8Ev7.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/ima-abasi_okon_install_tb_01_1_WTF8Ev7.width-340.jpg 340w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 760px) 340px, (max-width: 840px) 240px, (max-width: 1200px) 340px, 340px, " > <img alt="An image of two lead crystal lamps with a mixture of palm oil and cognac applied to the inside. They cast patterns of light onto a ceiling" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/ima-abasi_okon_install_tb_01_1_WTF8Ev7.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="226" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--tatecool_article">Audio Recordings: Oil and Spirit</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p><p>Inspired by the work of Ima-Abasi Okon, learn more about palm oil and alcohol’s histories and uses</p></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--tatecool_article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/ima-abasi-okon-reader" aria-label="Ima-Abasi Okon: A Reader" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/ima-abasi-okon-a-reader-2021_cover_crop.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/ima-abasi-okon-a-reader-2021_cover_crop.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/ima-abasi-okon-a-reader-2021_cover_crop.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/ima-abasi-okon-a-reader-2021_cover_crop.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/ima-abasi-okon-a-reader-2021_cover_crop.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/ima-abasi-okon-a-reader-2021_cover_crop.width-340.jpg 340w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 760px) 340px, (max-width: 840px) 240px, (max-width: 1200px) 340px, 340px, " > <img alt="Front cover of the reader, a grey mottled texture background with black text bearing the title and list of contents" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/ima-abasi-okon-a-reader-2021_cover_crop.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="397" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--tatecool_article">Ima-Abasi Okon: A Reader</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="s38zk">Read responses to themes and materials in Ima-Abasi Okon’s artwork – available as a PDF and from the Tate Library</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="Tate-lightbox__strip" class="TateUI-lightbox container__fullvh" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="lightbox-title" aria-describedby="lightbox-description" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1">  <div tabindex="0"></div> <div class="container__inner relative container__inner__block"> <div class="cards-slider"> </div> <div class="absolute top-0 right-0 op-1" tabindex="0" aria-label="Close lightbox" role="button"> <i tabindex="-1" class="Tate-lightbox__close TateUI-icon icon icon--cross TateUI-icon__size--default no-margin rounded " role="button" aria-label="Close lightbox"></i> </div> </div>  <div tabindex="0"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-heading"><div class="container"> <div class="container__inner"> <h2 id="when-archives-and-records-live-in-the-museum" class="section__title">When Archives and Records Live in the Museum</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block-strip"> <div class="article-strip container " id="when-archives-and-records-live-in-the-museum"> <div class="article-strip__content container__inner"> <div class=""> <ul class="card-list cards card-list--type__ card-list--type__ card-list--5col"> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/introduction-how-records-and-archives-live-in-the-museum" aria-label="Introduction: How Records and Archives Live in the Museum" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig1houseofknives.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig1houseofknives.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig1houseofknives.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig1houseofknives.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig1houseofknives.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Susan Hiller From the Freud Museum 1991–6, box 006 Chamin-ha’/House of Knives (collected, 1992)" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig1houseofknives.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="418" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Introduction: How Records and Archives Live in the Museum</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p><p data-block-key="lc79j">This research sought to understand tensions that arise between artwork, record and archive, and how the boundaries between these are blurred across museum practices.</p></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/archives-principles-practices-archival-material-working-proposal" aria-label="Principles and Practices for Artworks that Generate Archival Material: A Working Proposal" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.1_Bell_Embassy_MCA.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.1_Bell_Embassy_MCA.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.1_Bell_Embassy_MCA.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.1_Bell_Embassy_MCA.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.1_Bell_Embassy_MCA.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Fig.1_Bell_Embassy_MCA.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="226" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Principles and Practices for Artworks that Generate Archival Material: A Working Proposal</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Sarah Haylett </p> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="qkwi1">This proposal was developed from discussions that took place at Tate regarding how to identify, collect and care for artworks that generate archival material.</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/archives-artworks-generate-archival-material-towards-definition" aria-label="Artworks that Generate Archival Material: Towards a Definition" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Battle_of_Orgreave_Archive.width-340.png 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Battle_of_Orgreave_Archive.width-420.png 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Battle_of_Orgreave_Archive.width-240.png 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Battle_of_Orgreave_Archive.width-340.png 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Battle_of_Orgreave_Archive.width-240.png 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/Battle_of_Orgreave_Archive.width-340.png" loading="lazy" width="340" height="230" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Artworks that Generate Archival Material: Towards a Definition</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Sarah Haylett </p> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="562bp">Offering a definition of a new type of artwork that Tate has begun to collect: works that generate an ongoing ‘archive’ of material when they are acquired and displayed.</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/archives-living-archives-at-tate-after-an-archival-impulse" aria-label="Living Archives at Tate: After An Archival Impulse" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_K5lWFTh.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-420_2F9oPVp.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-240_BGjtlht.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_K5lWFTh.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-240_BGjtlht.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_K5lWFTh.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="200" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Living Archives at Tate: After <em>An Archival Impulse</em></span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Sarah Haylett </p> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="frxs4">What can radical and community archival practices afford contemporary art?</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--tatecool_article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/art/art-terms/a/archive" aria-label="Archive" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_irTfSKl.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-420_A3Jbt5N.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-240_2a6I40D.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_irTfSKl.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-240_2a6I40D.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_irTfSKl.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="235" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--tatecool_article">Archive</span> </h2> <div class="card__description"> <p><p data-block-key="l1tlk">An archive is a collection of records, preserved and made available for research</p></p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="Tate-lightbox__strip" class="TateUI-lightbox container__fullvh" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="lightbox-title" aria-describedby="lightbox-description" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1">  <div 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href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/research-approach-archives-record-management" aria-label="Archives and Record Management" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.3_upward_records_continuum_model_diagram.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.3_upward_records_continuum_model_diagram.width-420.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.3_upward_records_continuum_model_diagram.width-240.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.3_upward_records_continuum_model_diagram.width-340.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.3_upward_records_continuum_model_diagram.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Fig.3 Diagram of the ‘Records Continuum’ model, published in Frank Upward, ‘The Records Continuum’, in Sue McKemmish, Frank Upward, Barbara Reed and Michael Piggott (eds.), Archives: Recordkeeping in Society, Wagga Wagga 2005, p.203" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.3_upward_records_continuum_model_diagram.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="259" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Archives and Record Management</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Sarah Haylett </p> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="nflau">What role does archives and record management play in challenging the practices of the museum?</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> 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https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.6_neagu_cake_man_card_crop_4PVDvEq.width-240.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="Paul Neagu, Cake Man" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/fig.6_neagu_cake_man_card_crop_4PVDvEq.width-340.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="383" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Curating and Collecting</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Lucy Bayley </p> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="summ2">What do curating, collecting and museology offer the development of innovative models for museum practice?</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a 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src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_vPFPtp4.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="248" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Registration and Collection Management</span> </h2> <p class="article-header__author"> Stephen Huyton </p> <div class="card__description"> <p data-block-key="0jisx">How is registration and collection management changing in response to ‘challenging’ artworks?</p> </div> </div> </div> </a> </div> </li> <li class="card card--article " > <div class="card__inner " > <a href="/research/reshaping-the-collectible/research-approach-conservation" aria-label="Contemporary Art Conservation" data-gtm-name="card_link_title" data-gtm-destination=""> <div class="card-media card-media--image"> <div class="card-media__inner responsive-container"> <picture > <source srcset=" https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_irTfSKl.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-420_A3Jbt5N.jpg 420w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-240_2a6I40D.jpg 240w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_irTfSKl.jpg 340w, https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-240_2a6I40D.jpg 240w, " sizes=" (max-width: 340px) 340px, (max-width: 479px) 420px, (max-width: 540px) 240px, (max-width: 840px) 340px, 240px, " > <img alt="" src="https://media.tate.org.uk/aztate-prd-ew-dg-wgtail-st1-ctr-data/images/.width-340_irTfSKl.jpg" loading="lazy" width="340" height="235" > </picture> </div> </div> <div class="card-content"> <div class="card-content__inner"> <h2 class="card__title"> <span class="card__title--maintitle card__title--article">Contemporary Art Conservation</span> </h2> <p 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