The importance of time and changeability in the preservation of engineering heritage: a response to new ideas in the filed of kinetic art conservation

Alison Wain

The importance of time and changeability in the preservation of engineering heritage: a response to new ideas in the filed of kinetic art conservation

Alison Wain

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Abstract

Large technology heritage is inherently changeable, yet traditional conservation approaches frame change mostly as deterioration and endeavour to slow or stop it. A new theoretical framework for large technology conservation is needed that recognises the importance of changeability in large technology and seeks to preserve it without reducing authenticity.

Kinetic artworks are similarly changeable, and this paper discusses the application of emerging ideas in the conservation of kinetic artworks to the challenges of conserving large technology, including concepts of performance/sculptural duality, multi-faceted and evolving authenticity, and the role of the archive in informing the limits of changeability.

Original language	English
Pages	57-60
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	Industrial Heritage: Understanding the Past, Making the Future Sustainable (XVII International TICCIH Congress) - Santiago, Santiago, Chile Duration: 13 Sept 2018 → 14 Sept 2018

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Other	Industrial Heritage: Understanding the Past, Making the Future Sustainable (XVII International TICCIH Congress)
Country/Territory	Chile
City	Santiago
Period	13/09/18 → 14/09/18

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2018. 57-60 Paper presented at Industrial Heritage: Understanding the Past, Making the Future Sustainable (XVII International TICCIH Congress), Santiago, Chile.

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The importance of time and changeability in the preservation of engineering heritage: a response to new ideas in the filed of kinetic art conservation

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