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INCCA

International Network for theConservation of Contemporary Art

Karen te Brake-BaldockINCCA Central Coordinator

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What in INCCA?

INCCA is a network of professionals connected to the conservation of modern and contemporary art. Conservators, curators, scientists, registrars, archivists, art historians and researchers are among its members.

INCCA Mission

‘To develop, share and preserve knowledge needed for the conservation of modern and contemporary art.’

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What makes INCCA unique?

Access to ‘unpublished’ docoumentation and knowledge:• for members through the INCCA Database for Artists’ Archives (IDAA) www.inccamembers.org• for anyone through the ‘Resources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)

Access to your international peers:• 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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Modern Art: Who Cares?1996-1997

INCCA foundingproject 1999-2002

From 2002 –present

netwerk expansion& development

research projects:e.g. Inside

Installations2004-2007

100artist

interviews

development original website & database

New member websiteDec. ‘06

New INCCA website Dec.

’08

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Information objects in INCCA Database for Artists’ Archives (IDAA)

Text objects• Reports on condition & treatment, preventive conservation, handling & transport, etc. • Transcriptions of interviews, professional notes, correspondance with the artist, etc.

Images and drawings• Images of the art work• Instructions for installation, packing and transport, floor plans, etc.

Audio-Visual objects• Registrations of artists’ interviews, production processes, installation processes, performances, etc.

Databases• Material-technical databases, scientific research results, etc.

Material collections• Samples, artists’ boxes, etc

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Pierre Huyghe and Phillipe ParrenoNo ghost, just a shellAnnLee projectVan Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

Nam June PaikOne Candle Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt

Jeffrey ShawRevolution ICN Collections, Rijswijk; NIM/Montevideo, Amsterdam

PanamarenkoAeromodeller - S.M.A.K., Ghent

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EU projectPRACTICs

34 orgs, 2 yearscongress

seminar & public lecturebook

multi-media tours1 May ’09 – 30 April ‘11

Access2CA seminarDecember 11, 2009

Modern Art: Who Cares? IIcongress, 9-11 June, 2010

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www.incca.org