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The German Association of Conservator-Restorers (VDR) is delighted to announce the major international symposium “Collecting and Conserving Performance Art,” to be hosted by the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg in Germany on June 9-11, 2016. The Early Bird Rate ends at May 7th![caption id="" align="alignnone" width="473"] Gerard &#38; Kelly, “Timelining” (2014), Performance, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Photo: Courtesy of the artists[/caption]Over the last decade, art collections and museums around the world have seen a rapid increase in the acquisition of historic and contemporary performance art and its relics. This emerging collection practice challenges artists and collection caretakers alike: How can the time- and site-specific experience of an artist’s live performance be expanded and transformed into an artwork with a sustainable collection life? What status do performance props and documentary materials hold within a collection, and how is their status determined? How can the artwork’s identity and integrity be preserved and experienced now and in the future? What information and components should be entering the collection to ensure the authentic reactivation of the work? How are copyright laws, artist’s rights and future interpreter’s rights accounted for in the acquisition contract? What are the vulnerabilities inherent to a performance artwork? And how are preservation risks identified, documented and responded to?The two-and-a-half day event approaches issues surrounding the acquisition of performance art by bringing together conservators, curators, art historians, artists, collectors, researchers, art educators and other professionals, who are involved in the production, distribution, collection, documentation and conservation of performance art. Perspectives on heritage development and documentation in adjacent disciplines, such as theater and dance, are invited to inform the discussion. Under investigation will be a variety of existing practices for bringing an artist’s live performance into a  collection, including the license to re-perform the work based on an artist-provided score; film and video recordings of historic or recent performance iterations; autonomous art installations; documentation created by former audiences, participants and producers; and performance props and other objects that represent the live event.Read more about the conference in an interview with the team of organisatorsOnline registrationOnline AnmeldungProgram (pdf)Contact: performance_art(at)restauratoren.de Program detailsLocationsReception and Life Performance (Day 1): Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Hollerplatz 1, 38440 Wolfsburg/ GermanySymposium (Day 2 and Day 3): Alvar-Aalto-Kulturhaus, Porschestr. 51, 38440 Wolfsburg/ Germany&#160;DAY 1Thursday, June 918:00-21:00Conference Opening and ReceptionWelcomeDr. Ralf BeilDirector, Kunstmuseum WolfsburgIntroduction Roman OndakAnna-Catharina Gebbers, Curator, Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, BerlinLive Performance “Swap” (2011) by Roman OndakDAY 2Friday, June 108:30-9:30   Registration9:30-9:50WelcomeDr. Ralf BeilDirector, Kunstmuseum WolfsburgAndrea SartoriusConservator, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, and Chair, Specialty Group “Modern Art and Cultural Heritage”, German Association of Conservators-Restorers (Verband der Restauratoren, VDR)The Medium PerformanceModerator: Andrea Sartorius9:50-10:25Collecting as Artistic and Documentary Practice: Towards a Fluid Access to Artefacts of/in PerformanceDr. Barbara BüscherProfessor, Felix Mendelssohn School of Music, Department of Dramaturgy and Media, LeipzigDr. Franz Anton CramerDepartment of Studies in Music and Dance, Paris Lodron University Salzburg10:25-11:00Between Media. Connections between Performance and Installation Art and their Implications for the Conservation of PerformancesDr. Tiziana CaianielloArt Historian, ZERO Foundation11:00-11:30  CoffeeCollecting Live PerformanceModerator: Ulrich Lang11:30-12:00Collecting Live Performance at the Guggenheim MuseumJoanna PhillipsConservator, Time-based Media, Solomon R. Guggenheim MuseumLauren HinksonAssistant Curator, Collections, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum12:00-12:30Assembling the Body, Reactivating Presence: Collecting, Processing, and Conserving Performance at The Museum of Modern ArtAthena Christa HolbrookCollection Specialist, Department of Media and Performance Art, The Museum of Modern Art12:30-13:00Panel Discussion: Collecting Live Performancewith artist Roman Ondak, performer Sämi Moor, Joanna Phillips, Lauren Hinkson, and Athena Christa Holbrook Moderator: Ulrich Lang, Conservator, Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt13:00-14:30 LunchDocumenting Live PerformanceModerator: Esther Rapoport14:30-15:00Report from the Audience. An Analysis regarding the Documentation of Performance Art by means of multi-perspective Witness ReportsBruna CasagrandeConservator and Research Assistant, Berne University of Fine Arts, Switzerland15:00-15:30Participatory Documentation, or: How to mark Authenticity within a Documentary RecordIrene MüllerArt Historian and Curator, Zürich15:30-16:00A Fly on the Wall or the Elephant in the Room: the Role of the Photographer in the Production and Viewing of Photographic Documentation from Performance Art EventsDr. Dave KempPhotographer and Assistant Professor, School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada16:00-16:30 CoffeeArchiving Performance ArtModerator: Gunnar Heydenreich16:30-17:00Archiving Performance Art in AsiaDavid SmithHead of Digital, Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong17:00-17:30The Legalities of Authenticity  and Performance ArtJean E. BrownTeaching Fellow, Northumbria University, UKCharles Danby Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Northumbria University, UK17:30-18:00Panel Discussion: Documenting and Archiving Performance ArtWith Bruna Casagrande, Irene Müller, Dave Kemp, David Smith,Jean E. Brown and Charles DanbyModerator: Dr. Gunnar Heydenreich, Professor for Conservation of Contemporary Art, Cologne University of Applied SciencesDAY 3Saturday, June 118:30-9:30  RegistrationPerformance RelicsModerator: Anna-Catharina Gebbers9:30-10:00From Action to Object. On the Preservation and Conservation of Performance Art RelicsDr. Carolin BohlmannConservator, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, BerlinIna HausmannFreelance Conservator, BerlinEva RießConservator, Müller Rieß Welther Restoration, Berlin10:00-10:30The variable and changing Status of Performance Art Relics and Artifacts in Museum CollectionsLouise Nicole ConeConservator of Contemporary Art and Sculpture, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark10:30-11:00Capturing Ephemerality: Documentation of Carolee Schneemann’s Performance WorkRachel RivencConservation Scientist, Getty Conservation Institute, Los AngelesAnja FoerschnerArt historian, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles11:00-11:30  CoffeeReenactment and ReperformanceModerator: Eva Rieß11:30-12:00Restoration of Experience. Analysis of the Reenactment of the Performance “Change. My Problem Is a Problem of a Woman”, by Ewa Partum, 1974Elżbieta WysockaConservator and Archivist, Filmotheka Narodowa, Warsaw12:00-12:30Between Authenticity and Context: Challenges of preserving and re-enacting Performance Artworks from Dictatorship and Revolutionary PeriodsHélia MarçalPhD Fellow in Conservation and Restoration, Department of Conservation and Restoration, Faculty of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, PortugalRita MacedoProfessor of Contemporary Art History and Documentation, Art History Institute, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal12:30-13:00Reperformance Strategies for the Reiteration of Tino Sehgal's "This Is So Contemporary"Jessye Wdowin McGregorArtist and Conservator, Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne, AustraliaRobert LaneResearch Fellow, Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, The University of Melbourne, Australia3:00-14:30  Lunch14:30-15:30Panel Discussion: Managing Authenticity - Curatorial Strategies of Reenactment and ReperformanceAnna-Catharina Gebbers in conversation with Tiziana Caianiello,Barbara Büscher, Franz Anton Cramer and Irene Müller Conclusions15:30-16:00Open Floor Discussion with the AudienceModerator: Joanna Phillips