We support the work of conservators, artists, archivists, curators, registrars, collection managers, and other technical specialists in the conservation of artworks and other works of cultural heritage that employ historic or emerging audiovisual media, digital media, and electric or electronic technologies. This encompasses time-based media artworks (which may involve video, audio, slide and film, electronics, electric light, motors, interactivity, performance, software and internet elements), digital or digitally-generated objects, and electric/electronic technologies of historical significance.

Through our annual meetings, publications, and workshops, we provide a forum for its members and individuals from allied fields to exchange knowledge related to the acquisition, display, and long-term care of artworks and other collection objects with electric, electronic, time-based, and digital components or dimensions.

We were founded in 1996 and were formalized as a specialty group in 1998.

Events

We meet and present research at the AIC Annual Meeting.

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TechFocus

We organized the TechFocus workshop series to provide detailed technical education in the preservation of media art.

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Resources

We maintain a variety of online resources about the conservation of electronic media and time-based media.

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