[ISEA2019] Institutional Presentation: Bonnie Mitchell & Wim van der Plas — The Convergence of Past, Present and Future: ISEA Archive Innovations

Institutional Presentation Statement

Keywords: ISEA, archive, preservation, electronic arts, digital arts, research repository, artifact

This institutional presentation investigates how the preservation of past ISEA digital artifacts influences the future, defines the present and contributes to the international exchange of knowledge. The process of constructing an innovative content management system containing 30 year’s worth of data has been met with challenges as well as rewards. This presentation will critically analyze the state of the ISEA archive and discuss the innovative engine which was custom built to manage the ISEA data. It will discuss the process of dealing with thousands of digital artifacts and the connections created between archival systems. The project’s ultimate goal is to envision a unified system of knowledge within the international Electronic Arts community and the construction of the ISEA archive is a key component to realizing that goal.
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  • Bonnie Mitchell is Digital Arts professor at Bowling Green University (USA), former board member of ISEA International and current ISEA International Advisory Committee member.
  • Wim van der Plas (NL) is a sociologist interested in the relation between art and science. He is co-founder of the ISEA symposium series and coordinated the continued occurence of the symposia during the first 8 years of its history. Currently he is both honorary and actual chair of the ISEA International Advisory Committee. On the occasion of the ISEA2019 symposium, he produced an animation, directed by Peter Sweenen, celebrating the 25th ISEA symposium. It is a present from the achivists to the ISEA community.