Drawing on the methods and practices of time-based media conservation — the maintenance of obsolete technologies and the technical decisions involved in reproducing images across shifting contexts — it traces how processes of preservation, replication, and technological transformation continuously redefine the relationship between original and copy.
Camera: Kyulim Kim, Sojeong Lee
Editing: Kyulim Kim
Sound Recording & Editing: Constanza Castagnet
Conservation: Flaminia Fortunato and the Stedelijk Museum Time-Based Media Conservation team
Works Documented During Conservation: Peter Struycken, Geluid en beeldprogramma I (1970), Berry Flagen, Light Piece I (1977), Miguel Cárdenas, Oranje (1984), Klara Linden, Slideshow (Einstieg) (2010–2025), Geluid – Kijken (1972)
Location: Depot, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Installation: Yiannis Mouravas
Installation Assistance: Mina Yee, Zhuang Leng
Equipment support: WORM Filmwerkplaats, Sandberg Media Lab
With support from: Dommering Fonds, Mondriaan Fonds, Stichting Niemeijer Fonds
Documentation Photography: Davide Sartori
Exhibition view at Unfair, Gashouder, Amsterdam, Netherlands