Save the date: 2nd Icon Book & Paper Group Conference
“Unexpected fame: Conservation approaches to the preparatory object” 1-3 October 2018, Oxford, UK The language will be English. Call for papers to be published November 2017. Registration for the conference will open in Spring 2018. The Icon Book & Paper Group is delighted to invite you to a two-day international conference to be held in Oxford in October 2018. This conference aims to explore the conservator’s approach to treating objects such as artists’ sketchbooks or authors’ manuscripts: paper-based items which were not necessarily created with posterity in mind. Their creators may not have anticipated a lifespan encompassing display, digitisation or heavy consultation. Indeed in some instances the producers of these objects may not have expected this part of their oeuvre to survive beyond its first use. Do we therefore treat this class of object differently to ‘finished’ works, which were always expected to have a wider audience and longer lifespan? Key speakers will discuss the tensions of working with draft or preparatory objects and balancing the unique information they provide with the need for their continued stability for access and display. Questions include: how – and how far - do we preserve the evidence of working techniques and practices left by the author, artist, printer, publisher, or architect? Does their original function affect how we conserve, display and interpret these objects? If a maker has deliberately tried to obscure previous versions of a work, where does the remit of the conservator or researcher end when it comes to uncovering erasures or amendments? Do we alter the legacy of such objects with our interventions? The two-day conference will be followed by a day of visits where delegates will have an opportunity to book onto pre-arranged tours. Please contact [email protected] with any queries, using "Conference 2018" in the subject line. Fiona McLees Icon Book & Paper Group Committee ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
