Conversations | Curator Talk | Archives and the Digital Dark Age

This panel explores the major shift of archives from analog to digital by museums, historians and artists. The acceleration of technology in relationship to the slow pace of preservation—defined as the Digital Dark Age—raises concerns about the possibility of losing vital information in both mediums. What can artists do to prepare for a future that may lack written records? Is this, in fact, a real threat? How can institutions work together to develop long-term options where digital archives can be developed and managed in a forward-looking way?

Glenn R. Phillips, Curator and Head of Modern & Contemporary Collections, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles; Sabih Ahmed, Senior Researcher, Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong.

Moderator: Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries, London.

Saturday, June 17 2017, 5pm - 6pm

Filmed on site at Art Basel in Basel 2017.