In conversation with Flaminia Fortunato, the interview questions why and how time-based media artworks should be preserved as the technologies and materials they depend on become obsolete. Through examples from her conservation practice at the Stedelijk Museum, it explores what is considered worth preserving, what can be changed or replaced, and what may be lost or transformed in the process. Rather than treating conservation as the restoration of an original state, the conversation asks how a work continues to exist through these changes, reflecting on conservation as a relational and temporal practice that connects technological histories, artistic intentions, and the uncertain future of artworks.
Interview: Flaminia Fortunato, Time-Based Media Conservator
Works Documented During Conservation: Peter Struycken, Geluid en beeldprogramma I (1970), Nora Turato, I hear you, I hear you (2025)
Location: Depot, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Camera: Sojeong Lee, Kyulim Kim
Editing: Kyulim Kim