In an earlier blogpost, I introduced the idea of digital objects, what they are, why they matter and the need to care for them to keep them intact, findable and useable. I suggested that the set of skills needed to do so is known as digital curation. In this post, we look at digital curation… Read More »
I was delighted to present at the International Digital Preservation Conference, iPres 2018 (ipres2018.org) at MIT, Boston, on 25 Sep 2018. My presentation addressed digital preservation practices identified in my doctoral research. I was keen to try and reflect the richness of the qualitative data I had gathered from talking with contemporary visual art practitioners… Read More »
Happy new year! I was delighted to kick off 2018 as a panellist for the ‘Art for Everyone’ event at St Cross College, Oxford, this week. The panel, chaired by British-Iranian photographer Cyrus Mahboubian, also included Paul Hobson, director of Modern Art Oxford; and Natasha Arselan, founder of AucArt, an innovative new online auction house… Read More »
In my project, I’m talking lots about ‘digital objects’, and the part they play in the workflows of visual artists. This is a way of talking about many different types of digital files without indicating specifically a video, text, database, digital image, piece of code or anything else. Here, I introduce the notion of digital… Read More »
As 2017 gets underway amidst a welter of bad news and scary disregard for the truth, I’m pleased to be bucking the trend with a determined effort to gather factual evidence for my project. In other words, the data gathering phase is now underway! My project aims to place the working artist at the centre… Read More »
As my first year of work on this OII–Ruskin–DACS doctoral project comes to a close, and I prepare for the second year of activity, I wanted to share a brief overview of some of the things I have been doing. This first year has focused on the introductory meetings and presentations to and with my… Read More »
I recently had the pleasure of speaking to the EU Conference on Digitisation of Cultural Heritage, ‘Ready to Reach Out’ (29 and 30 June 2016, Amsterdam). This event brought together policy makers, institutional senior management, frontline curators and researchers to share knowledge and discuss strategies for improved practice in the use and impact of digital… Read More »
For digital objects to be sustained and available, the people who make them need to be aware of the need for active management over time, as discussed in my last post. This is as true in the visual arts as anywhere else. I’ve recently become involved with an initiative here at Oxford which may help… Read More »
Artquest, A-N The Artists Information Company and a number of other partners have recently announced a comprehensive study of how visual artists in England make a living. This is part of Arts Council England work to better understand the economic pressures and opportunities for contemporary visual artists, and support advocacy for artists and their work.… Read More »
My current project is only possible due to support from DACS, a non-profit visual artists’ rights management organisation (http://www.dacs.org.uk/). Visit the DACS blog for their introduction to my project: http://www.dacs.org.uk/latest-news/phd-dacs-oxford-internet-institute-ruskin. Based in London, DACS has been working since the 1980s to promote the rights of visual artists, specifically in terms of advocating for fair payment for… Read More »
