Approaches, Strategies and Theoretical and Practice-Based Research Methods to investigate and archive video art: Some reflections from the REWIND projects

Laura Leuzzi; Stephen Partridge; Adam Lockhart

doi:10.14236/ewic/RESOUND19.41

Approaches, Strategies and Theoretical and Practice-Based Research Methods to investigate and archive video art: Some reflections from the REWIND projects

Laura Leuzzi, Stephen Partridge, Adam Lockhart

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This paper will discuss methodologies, approaches and issues, emerging out of three major research projects that have investigated early histories of video art in Europe: REWIND (2004 ongoing), REWINDItalia (2011-2014) and EWVA (2015-2018). The paper will discuss how the projects have engaged with the history of the apparatus, the identity and status of the artworks, preservation methods, and the legacy of these video artworks today. A particular focus will be on semi-structured questionnaires for interviews structured to capture oral histories, memories and recollections, that in some cases would have been otherwise lost to future knowledge and the uncovering of lost artworks and their available documentation. The speakers directly involved in the projects - will discuss solutions, risks and experiences encountered in the projects and future research perspectives for re-covering, collecting, archiving and narrating the histories of early video art in Europe. The paper will discuss also different practice-based research methods, platforms and engagement strategies, including re-installation and re-enactment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Electronic Workshops in Computing
Subtitle of host publication	MAH2019 Conference Proceedings
Publisher	BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Pages	274-282
Number of pages	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/RESOUND19.41
Publication status	Published - May 2020
Event	RE:SOUND: 8th International Conference on the Histories of Media Arts 2019 - Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 20 Aug 2019 → 23 Aug 2019 http://www.mediaarthistory.org/resound

Publication series

Name	Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)
Publisher	BCS
ISSN (Electronic)	1477-9358

Conference

Conference	RE:SOUND
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Aalborg
Period	20/08/19 → 23/08/19
Internet address	http://www.mediaarthistory.org/resound

Keywords

Video art
Archive
Research methodologies

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European Women's Video Art in the 70s and 80s
Partridge, S. (Investigator) & Shemilt, E. (Investigator)
1/03/15 → 30/06/17
Project: Research

Lockhart, Adam
Person: Academic

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Leuzzi, L., Partridge, S., & Lockhart, A. (2020). Approaches, Strategies and Theoretical and Practice-Based Research Methods to investigate and archive video art: Some reflections from the REWIND projects. In Electronic Workshops in Computing: MAH2019 Conference Proceedings (pp. 274-282). (Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)). BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/RESOUND19.41

Leuzzi, Laura ; Partridge, Stephen ; Lockhart, Adam. / Approaches, Strategies and Theoretical and Practice-Based Research Methods to investigate and archive video art : Some reflections from the REWIND projects. Electronic Workshops in Computing: MAH2019 Conference Proceedings. BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 2020. pp. 274-282 (Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)).

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Leuzzi, L, Partridge, S & Lockhart, A 2020, Approaches, Strategies and Theoretical and Practice-Based Research Methods to investigate and archive video art: Some reflections from the REWIND projects. in Electronic Workshops in Computing: MAH2019 Conference Proceedings. Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC), BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, pp. 274-282, RE:SOUND, Aalborg, Denmark, 20/08/19. https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/RESOUND19.41

Approaches, Strategies and Theoretical and Practice-Based Research Methods to investigate and archive video art: Some reflections from the REWIND projects. / Leuzzi, Laura; Partridge, Stephen; Lockhart, Adam.
Electronic Workshops in Computing: MAH2019 Conference Proceedings. BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 2020. p. 274-282 (Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)).

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Leuzzi L, Partridge S, Lockhart A. Approaches, Strategies and Theoretical and Practice-Based Research Methods to investigate and archive video art: Some reflections from the REWIND projects. In Electronic Workshops in Computing: MAH2019 Conference Proceedings. BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. 2020. p. 274-282. (Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)). doi: 10.14236/ewic/RESOUND19.41

Approaches, Strategies and Theoretical and Practice-Based Research Methods to investigate and archive video art: Some reflections from the REWIND projects

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