Sustaining artworks on CD-rom - Gaby Wijers, Alexandre Michaan, Nina van Doren
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CD-ROM archiving workflows for sustaining artworks on CD-Rom
June 13 2016Gaby Wijers, Alexandre Michaan, Nina van Doren
Introduction / The aimCD-ROM archiving
> More visibility and sustainability of digital artworks on CD-ROM
> Increasing the level of knowledge by assessing existing emulation protocols
> Cooperation and coordination between museums, libraries, archives and science in the field of digital preservation
Introduction / The aim
CD-ROM archiving
> to examine the development of standards in the internationalresearch field of emulation strategies
> to examine the potential of pre-existing tools such as Emulation as a Service
> to improve access to LIMA's CD-ROM collection
> to provide a general use-case step-by-step procedure for emulation,storage and access
> to join existing facilities.
Specificities of artworks on CD-ROM carrier
CD-ROM archiving
> Interactivity and browsing conditions
> Aesthetic elements typical from the early 1990’s to early 2000s period
Global situation of increasing obsolescence
2012-2016
2006-2009
CD-ROM archiving
> Artworks impossible to access or experience nowadays
CD-ROM archivingFirst view on the CD-ROM collection> Sorting artworks depending on level of interactivity
Defining the specific needs for emulation, depending on the works and collection : what has to be emulated ?
The CD-ROM produced at the LIMA art lab
The Second, 1997 (Virtual exhibition) Person to Person, 1998, by Stansfield/Hooykaas
First view on the CD-ROM collection
CD-ROM archiving
Capture, archival, and digital storage of CD-ROMs as virtual disc images
digital repository
CD-ROM archiving
Capture, archival, and digital storage of CD-ROMs as virtual disc images> Physical medium needs to be protected, stored and handled as few as possible once tested, captured and documented
> Existing as virtual images allows to set up a procedure of digital storage and regular migration and backup such as the ones in use for digital artworks such as digital video files
CD-ROM archiving
Testing of original CD-ROMs on matching display equipment
Importance of keeping track of initial viewing/browsing conditions before presenting emulated versions
Non-optical mouse Block-keys large keyboard CRT screen
CD-ROM archiving
Setting up an emulation procedure
> Why emulation and not virtualisation ?
> A focus on old mac computers emulation :
Sheepshaver Basilisk II
CD-ROM archiving
Online emulation versus self-contained emulators for institutions> The testing of EaaS for LIMA CD-ROM examples
CD-ROM archiving
Online emulation versus self-contained emulators for institutions
Creating and presetting a self-contained and ready-for-exhibition emulated version of a CD-ROM artwork :
+ instruction file
CD-ROM archiving
Keeping the control on emulation
IMPROVING RELIABILITY
CD-ROM archiving
> Controlling the visual results by case-by-case browsing tests and comparison with original equipment
Sustaining emulators, long term risk anticipation
> Emulating obsolete emulators strategy
CD-ROM archiving
Openings
CD-ROM archiving
> How to preserve emulators themselves from obsolescence ?
> How to define the conservation needs and documentation needs of a CD-ROM artwork, or in general of a digital artwork ? How to define levels of interactivity and reliability of behaviour ?
> How to deal with presentation in regard with original equipment ?
To be discussed further in the workshop
June 13 2016Gaby Wijers, Alexandre Michaan, Nina van Doren