Data Workshop for Digital Art
Empowering institutions to preserve the future of digital art
**Digital artworks, from software-based installations to net art, are inherently fragile. As technologies evolve, the risk of losing vital artwork data grows. This workspace is a collaborative initiative by LI-MA and the SBHK (Foundation for the Conservation of Contemporary Art). Centred in the Netherlands, it helps museums and cultural institutions manage, preserve, and make digital art collections sustainably accessible. **
LI-MA, in collaboration with the Foundation for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (SBHK), is launching a Data Workspace for Digital Art. Initiated by the Digital Heritage Network (NDE), the workspace helps museums and heritage organisations make their digital art collections more discoverable, shareable, and accessible, with professional development supported through courses and instructional videos.
Digital art resists easy digitisation. Born-digital works and time-based media evolve continuously, often existing in multiple versions, which makes assigning a stable identifier difficult. Building on the Connecting Media Art project, LI-MA is developing a data model that accommodates this changeability, enabling sustainable identifiers that reliably reference works online even as they shift over time
Photos: Rob Becker
