Servaas
Are You Afaid of Video? (1984-1994)
collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
In the context of the research initiative
404 Object Not Found: What remains of Media Art? and the exhibition
Thirty Years Dutch Video Art, the installation work 'Are You Afaid of Video?' by artist Servaas was selected as one of four case studies used to examine the documentation and preservation of multimedia installations with the purpose of designing a model for installation registration and re-installation.
'Are You Afraid of Video?' contains four monitors with a whip installed in the middle. The monitors show television images. Every time the image shows violence, the whip slaps. The artist intended to tape new fragments every year between 1984-1994, but after a couple of years Servaas realized that the violence on television did not change much. During the exhibition Thirty Years of Dutch Video Art the monitors were presented sunken in the stage, because both Stedelijk Museum and the Netherlands Media Art Institute preferred this from a aesthetic point of view.
Final report for guidelines on the re-installation and preservation of
Are You Afraid of Video?, Servaas.
Download pdf (only dutch version available).
For an english example of a case study report see:
Installation Documentation and Preservation Case Study: 25 Caramboles and Variations by Miguel-Angel Cardenas
For additional NIMk case studies see:
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A review of the documentation and preservation case study performed by NIMk on the work "25 Caramboles and Variations" by artist Miguel-Angel Cardenas. read more » |
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A review of the documentation and preservation case study performed by NIMk on the work "Outside Inside" by artists Elsa Stansfield and Madelon Hooykaas. read more » |
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A review of the documentation and preservation case study performed by NIMk on the work "A Word of Welcome" by artist eddie d. read more » |
