1. INCCA
International Network for the
Conservation of Contemporary Art
Karen te Brake-Baldock
INCCA Central Coordinator
July 10, 2009
Picture Meeting on Documentation
Amsterdam

2. What in INCCA?
IN C C A is a n e t w o r k o f p r o f e s s io n a ls
c o n n e c t e d t o t h e c o n s e r v a t io n o f m o d e r n a n d
c o n te m p o ra ry a rt. C o n s e rv a to rs , c u ra to rs ,
s c ie n t is t s , r e g is t r a r s , a r c h iv is t s , a r t
h is t o r ia n s a n d r e s e a r c h e r s a r e a m o n g it s
m e m b e rs .
IN C C A M is s io n
‘ T o d e v e lo p , s h a r e a n d p r e s e r v e k n o w le d g e
n e e d e d f o r t h e c o n s e r v a t io n o f m o d e r n a n d
c o n t e m p o r a r y a r t .’
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3. What makes INCCA unique?
A c c e s s t o ‘ u n p u b lis h e d ’ d o c o u m e n t a t io n
a n d k n o w le d g e :
• for members through the INCCA Database for Artists’ Archives (IDAA)
www.inccamembers.org
• for anyone through the ‘Resources section ’ in www.incca.org
(the latter also includes published articles like conference pre-prints)
A c c e s s t o y o u r in t e r n a t io n a l p e e r s :
• through the member database in www.inccamembers.org
• by working together in research projects such as
www.insideinstallations.org
• during INCCA events (such as database workshops, panel
discussions, seminars)
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w ebsite & database
2004-2007
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5. Info rmatio n o bje c ts in INCCA Databas e fo r Artis ts ’ Arc hive s (IDAA)
Te xt o bje c ts Imag e s and drawing s
•Reports on condition & treatm ent, •Images of the art work
preventive conservation, handling &
•Instructions for installation, packing
transport, etc.
and transport, floor plans, etc.
•Transcriptions of interviews,
professional notes, correspondance Databas e s
w the artist, etc.
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•M aterial-technical databases,
Audio -Vis ual o bje c ts scientific research results, etc.
•Registrations of artists’interviews,
Mate rial c o lle c tio ns
production processes, installation
processes, perform ances, etc. •Samples, artists’boxes, etc
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9. Nam June Paik
One Candle
Museum fur M oderne
Kunst, Frankfurt
Panamare nko
Ae romode lle r - S.M.A.K.,
Pie rre Huyg he and Ghent
Phillipe Parre no
No g hos t, jus t a s he ll
AnnLe e proje ct
Van Abbem useum ,
Eindhoven Je ffre y S haw
Re v olution
ICN Collections, Rijswijk;
July 10, 2009 NIM ontevideo,
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Am sterdam

10. July 10, 2009

11. 34 orgs, 2 years
congress
seminar & public lecture
book
multi-media tours
1 May ’09 – 30 April ‘11
EU project Access2CA seminar Modern Art: W Cares? II
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PRACTICs Decem 11, 2009
ber congress, 9-11 June, 2010
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12. www .inc c a .o rg
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