Olivia Brum (Researcher and Graduate Intern), Mauricio van der Maesen de Sombreff (Technical Researcher), Eléonore Bernard (Freelance Media Conservator) and Gaby Wijers (Director at LIMA) investigated the conceptual and technical developments of the work Violin Power by Steina to determine the future presentations especially for REBOOT, pioneering Digital Art 7 October, 2023 - 12 May 2024. The research took place in collaboration with STEIM and Vasulka Kitchen. In addition, Jean Marie Dallet, Ars Electronica, ZKM, Joey Heinen and Tom Demeyer, among others, provided input. The preliminary research result was discussed online and supplemented by an international online roundtable with experts and stakeholders. On this basis, proposals for the future exhibition of the work and a detailed report were written and executed in REBOOT and the documentary LI-MA made for this exhibition. At Vasulka Reloaded Gaby Wijers will present the research and documentary.

Gaby Wijers (Amsterdam) is founder and director of LIMA, the international platform for sustainable access to media art. Previously she was a coordinator for the collection, preservation and related research at the Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMk), Amsterdam and head of the collection of the Theater Instituut Nederland (TIN), Amsterdam. She participates in national and international networks such as the Foundation for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (SBMK), GAMA, DINAMO, Cultural Coalition for Digital Heritage (CCDD), Dutch Digital Heritage Network (NDE), and is guest lecturer at Amsterdam University and honorable research fellow at Exeter University.
 

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