Dear colleagues,

I must admit, until four weeks ago I didn't spend much time thinking 
about the registering, cataloguing and documenting of contemporary art. 
Then my dear colleague Fernando Almarza Rísquez sent me the draft of his 
upcoming article "Registering furniture and appliances: contemporary art 
(video-sculptures, multimedia, installations)". I was thrilled. What an 
interesting topic, what issues to think about, what problems to solve!
Hats off to you who have to deal with those issues on a daily basis!

It inspired me to grab my colleague Bernd Kießling and write a reply, 
or, maybe better, a counterpoint to it. We took a simple ancient radio 
and tried to explain what issues and pitfalls appear with the 
registration of such technological objects. I think both articles 
together make a pretty good harmony:

Registering furniture and appliances: contemporary art 
(video-sculptures, multimedia, installations) by Fernando Almarza Rísquez:
http://world.museumsprojekte.de/?p=1303

Appliances, furniture and beyond – registering technological objects by 
Angela Kipp and Bernd Kießling:
http://world.museumsprojekte.de/?p=1402

Enjoy, and have a wonderful upcoming weekend!
Angela

Angela Kipp
Collection Manager
TECHNOSEUM, Mannheim, Germany
www.technoseum.de

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