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Sanneke Huisman21/07/2015Distribution

Johan Rijpma (1984) is one of the new young artists whose work has recently been added to the LIMA collection. Rijpma earned his Master's degree at the HKU, direction Image and media technology.

In his process-oriented films, animations and music videos, Rijpma proceeds as a sculptor. Fascinated by artistic processes like unpredictability, he creates complex images out of simple actions, with very playful work as a result. In Division (2012) the repeatedly manually...Read more

Sanneke Huisman25/09/2015Preservation

On the initiative of Gaby Wijers (LIMA), GAMA will organise a round table as part of the conference Video Matters at the Ludwig Forum Aachen

Update and Future of the Gateway to Archives of Media Art
The GAMA portal provided access to a wealth of information about the works of both well-known and emerging European and non-European media artists. The material on media art initially came from eight European media art archives and could be searched and browsed on this...Read more

iMAL workshop digital forensics and preservation strategies. Photo by: iMAL, Centre for Digital Cultures and Technology in Brussels
Nina van Doren14/04/2015Research

​photo by: iMALOn the 9th and 10th of April, iMAL - Centre for Digital Cultures and Technology in Brussels and PACKED - Centre of Expertise in Digital Heritage, organized a 2-days workshop on the handling of obsolete data carriers and computer hardware. A group of 10 people from various institutions in Europe gathered in Brussels for an immersive two-day boot camp, hosted by Ben Fino-Radin, Digital Repository Manager at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. LIMA was present to learn about...Read more

Pawel Althamer So genannte Wellen und andere Phänomene des Geistes, 2003 – 2004 Dvd, monitor
Sanneke Huisman22/01/2015Preservation

Vijf vragen aan: Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
'Wellicht kunnen conceptuele- en performance-kunstwerken ons nog voor nieuwe uitdagingen stellen.'

LIMA beheert de mediakunstwerken van diverse musea, academies, particulieren en bedrijven en ondersteunt en adviseert hen bij de opslag, digitalisering en presentatie van videokunst en digitale werken. Welke collecties zijn dit, en hoe ziet deze samenwerking eruit...Read more

As part of The LIMA Collection, Juha van 't Zelfde presents his view on medium specific works in the collection of LIMA. His selection contains both early pioneer works from the seventies and contemporary productions. Next to this, Juha invites the audience to participate in the search for gems in the collection. He will operate as both a search engine and guide, to experience the LIMA Collection together with you:

"As a DJ and promoter of new forms and
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LIMA10/12/2014Research
As part of the project Generic Workflows Born Digital Heritage, Gaby Wijers (LIMA) and Hannah Bosma (Eye Film Institute) investigate the needs and wishes for preservation of born digital heritage, and the (im)possibilities of joining the evolving national digital infrastructure, in a research led by Robert Gillesse (Foundation DEN). The research focuses on the situation in The Netherlands in the areas of film, photography, architecture and media art. The research is commissioned by the...Read more
LIMA10/12/2014Research

In het kader van het project Generieke Workflows Born Digital Erfgoed, onderzoeken Gaby Wijers (LIMA) en Hannah Bosma (Eye Filminstituut) onder leiding van Robert Gillesse (Stichting DEN) wat de noden en wensen zijn ter verduurzaming van born digital erfgoed, en de (on)mogelijkheden van aansluiting bij de in ontwikkeling zijnde nationale digitale infrastructuur. Het onderzoek richt zich met name op Nederland en focust zich op de gebieden film, fotografie, architectuur en mediakunst...Read more

The LIMA Collection: Activism
Sanneke Huisman21/10/2014Catalogue

In collaboration with de Appel arts centre, LIMA has recently made an inventory of the archives of 'Artists Talking Back to the Media'. This artist manifestation took place in the eighties, and combined playful interventions with raw critique of mass media and involved the participation of some leading international artists including John Baldessari, Barbara Kruger and General Idea. In the context of their archival research on this project, Camie Karstanje and Brigitte Bélanger curated the...Read more

Pipilotti Rist, Expecting (installatie in en voor het Centraal Museum, Utrecht), video-installatie, uitvoering 2002
Sanneke Huisman26/09/2014Preservation

Vijf vragen aan: Centraal Museum Utrecht
“Bewegend beeld is vaak onderdeel van een groter geheel”

LIMA beheert de mediakunstwerken van diverse musea, academies, particulieren en bedrijven en ondersteunt en adviseert hen bij de opslag, digitalisering en presentatie van videokunst en digitale werken. Welke collecties zijn dit, en hoe ziet deze samenwerking eruit?

In de serie ‘vijf vragen aan’ gaan we in...Read more

Sanneke Huisman18/08/2014Catalogue
On Tuesday September 9, Frederique Bergholtz and Susan Gibb (If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, Amsterdam) present the next event in “The LIMA Collection”, an evening programme in which curators trace lines through the LIMA collection and the history of media art.
 
The development of performance and media art are closely intertwined. Artists working with performance quickly recognised the potential of video to document their...Read more

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