DOCAM
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DOCAM is an international research alliance on the documentation and the conservation of the media arts heritage.
DOCAM’s main objective is to develop new methodologies and tools to address the issues of preserving and documenting digital art
, technological and electronic works of art
. Over the project’s five-year mandate, numerous case studies will be conducted that will focus on documentary collections and conserving works of art featuring technological content.
DOCAM's key areas of focus include:
The DOCAM research alliance is composed of some 20 institutional partners from around the world. It also brings together more than 20 specialists and researchers in domains such as new media art preservation
, the cataloguing of museum collections, art history, information management, archival science, art documentation and computer science. The project is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC
) and the Daniel Langlois Foundation
.
DOCAM’s main objective is to develop new methodologies and tools to address the issues of preserving and documenting digital art
Digital art
Digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...
, technological and electronic works of art
Electronic art
Electronic art is a form of art that makes use of electronic media or, more broadly, refers to technology and/or electronic media. It is related to information art, new media art, video art, digital art, interactive art, internet art, and electronic music...
. Over the project’s five-year mandate, numerous case studies will be conducted that will focus on documentary collections and conserving works of art featuring technological content.
DOCAM's key areas of focus include:
- The conservation of works of art featuring technological components;
- Documentation strategies and structures adapted to these works of art;
- A typology and historical listing of the technologies deployed by the artists;
- Catalogue structures and methods for works featuring technological components; and
- Terminological tools and structures for the electronic arts.
The DOCAM research alliance is composed of some 20 institutional partners from around the world. It also brings together more than 20 specialists and researchers in domains such as new media art preservation
New media art preservation
New media art preservation, a form of Art conservation, is the study and practice of techniques for sustaining artworks created using digital, biological, performative, and other variable media....
, the cataloguing of museum collections, art history, information management, archival science, art documentation and computer science. The project is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC
Social Science and Humanities Research Council
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada is an arm of the Canadian federal funding agency. SSHRC supports a wide range of research and scholarship in the social sciences and humanities. The current president of the Council is Chad Gaffield.- History :SSHRC was formally...
) and the Daniel Langlois Foundation
Daniel Langlois Foundation
The Daniel Langlois Foundation is a non-profit, philanthropic organization endowed by Daniel Langlois and chartered in 1997 with the mission to support artistic and scientific projects and research dedicated to further general human awareness as well as the understanding of human relation with its...
.