2004-6-16 to 2014-8-15: The birth and death of a work by Gu Dexin

Conservators who work with contemporary materials are experiencing a paradigm shift that affects not only their role, but also the decision-making process associated with each unique work. Importantly, such actions sometimes contradict established preservation doctrine. This paper describes the challenging preservation efforts associated with a large-scale sculpture/installation produced in 2004 by Gu Dexin. Those efforts contradicted many of the standards and ethics of conservation, particularly considerations related to compromising the life of a given work. Ultimately, the decision made in this case led to the demise of that object. This paper will include information obtained from the various stakeholders — including the donor and the artist — and a compendium of the exhaustive considerations that facilitated the final decision.     

A New Learning Commons Connection with Art Students and Their Faculty

Many learning commons environments espouse goals of being student centered and facilitating academic achievement, often by way of partnerships with others. We have been fortunate in the learning commons of Syracuse University to have had a successful and satisfying collaboration with art faculty that has benefitted all players and allowed us to operationalize our own stated goals of being student driven. Our unique art program provided meaningful and real-life experiences for students, expanded the teaching moments for their faculty, and generated a host of interesting learning experiences for library staff and managers. It also added beauty and intrigue to an environment traveled and used by many.     

Museums and the shaping of contemporary artworks

In the museum context, curators and conservators often play a role in shaping the nature of contemporary artworks. Before, during and after the acquisition of an art object, curators and conservators engage in dialogue with the artist about how the object should be exhibited and conserved. As a part of this dialogue, the artist may express specifications for the display and conservation of the object, thereby fixing characteristics of the artwork that were previously left open. This process can make a significant difference to the visual appearance of the work, the nature of the audience's experience, and how the work should be interpreted. I present several case studies in which the nature of the artwork has been shaped by such dialogues, and discuss principles for resolving cases in which there is a conflict between instructions specified by the artist and those adopted by the museum.     

Mentorship

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BOOK REVIEWS

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浅谈电视新闻编排的艺术

本文对电视新闻编排的特性、艺术性进行了分析。     

幻觉中的时间--论影视时间的特点

本文主要从宏观和微观两个方面探讨有关影视时间的一系列问题.作为时空艺术,影视是用光波、声波表现相对时空的一种媒介.时间是影视中一个十分重要的因素,它既是独立的,又和影视的其他因素有着千丝万缕的关系,本文试图通过对影视时间的研究来揭示影视的一部分本质特性.     

论读者工作的语言艺术

阐述了图书馆语言艺术的概念、图书馆使用语言艺术的意义，以及如何构建图书馆的语言艺术环境。     

馆员满意六策略——高校图书馆馆长领导艺术管见

从图书馆人本管理角度,提出了"馆员满意"策略,阐述了高校图书馆馆长运用管理艺术满足馆员心理需求,使其心情舒畅,工作效率优化的六项措施。     

网络新闻的写作艺术

本文论述了网络新闻的艺术特征、受众的心理预期、写作艺术以及网络新闻工作者的自身素养等.     

关于加强艺术类学生管理的思考

艺术类学生在大学生群体中是极具鲜明个性的一个部分,如何把握艺术类学生的个性和特点,加强对他们的管理,成为广电行业乃至传媒业的有用之才?本文从艺术类学生的特征入手,结合多年的班主任工作和系办公室工作经验作了一些深入的思考,提出了四个方面的管理对策,希望对艺术类学生管理工作能有所借鉴.     

弘扬科学家精神展览中的艺术设计——以“稻谷飘香，禾下追梦——中国攻克杂交水稻难关50周年”展览为例

以“稻谷飘香,禾下追梦——中国攻克杂交水稻难关50周年”展览为例,剖析布展与展品的艺术创作过程,总结艺术设计对于提升展览艺术效果和强化主题的作用,特别是手绘艺术在展览展品中的应用方法和价值。     

Strategic Planning and Management:

This article presents the rationale of a large, urban, culturally diverse, comprehensive university for adopting a formal strategic planning and management methodology. The external forces and the internal initiatives that contributed to the decision to do formal planning are listed. The planning model is described and the current status of the planning and management process is portrayed. The way in which the library fits into the campuswide process is depicted and planning and management challenges that await a new Librarian are presented. The paper concludes with observations regarding the need for a regional assessment of the potential for an electronic library consortium and the need for a National Research and Education Network.     

Reading between the lines: Source code documentation as a conservation strategy for software-based art

Conservation expertise required for software-based art varies depending on the nature and function of its components. Our focus in this study is technology, specifically related to the impact of changes and upgrades to the operating environment that can adversely impact future exhibition of software-based art. In our research to date, we found that each specific work requires individual analysis and conservation strategies due to unique technical risks. We also concluded that artist-generated source code is a primary risk for software-based works. We then devoted the next phase of our research to a closer examination of risks associated with source code. The purpose of the research reported in this article is to investigate whether examining and documenting the source code can inform conservation practice. A corollary second goal is to define relevant best practices for documenting source code for software-based art. In order to address these questions, we selected two artworks at the Museum of Modern Art for a collaborative study using students and faculty from both the Museum Studies and Computer Science departments at New York University. This collaboration helped ensure that technology skills complemented a deep understanding of art history in the museum context. We based the methodology for our study on current software engineering practices and composed diagrams and narrative documents to reflect what we found in the source code. We also relied on artist interviews to explore the requirements and goals of the system, and user manuals to assist in understanding the implementation and physical installation of the works. It was our hypothesis that once the behavior of software-based art is understood by combining a standard software engineering approach with considerations specific to artist and museum needs, conservators and programmers will be better prepared to address changes in the operating environment. Based on our experience, we found this to be true. We conclude this paper with plans for our next phase of research.     

积极进行和谐课堂教育的几点看法

新课程理念下的课堂，应该是师生合作气氛浓厚，学生个性充分张扬，教师开拓进取的蝎所。以和谐促教育，在教育中和谐是广大教育工作者新时期新阶段应该关注的问题，这关系到教育的发展和人才培养的崭新的课题。     

Book Reviews

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图书馆读者服务的语言艺术

通过阐述读者服务问候用语、警示用语、导向用语、要求用语、感谢用语、肢体语言、禁忌用语等七个方面的语言艺术,使读者达到更好地利用图书馆的效果。     

艺术对摄影的影响

从开始喜欢摄影到现在已经有两年多时间了,对摄影一直有一个比较模糊的认识,一直以为只是拿着相机,对着被拍摄物体接快门,很简单的一件事,慢慢的通过与许多专业人士的交往才发觉摄影原来不止是那么的简单,拍摄出来的作品好坏,与作品本身并无多大关系,关键的是作品有无内容,有无作者关于作品的感悟。     

“技艺之争”与电视传播

关于电视传播中技术因素与艺术因素孰轻孰重的问题,电视界长期存在着论争。论争者可分为两类,一类是“艺术主导派”,另一类是“技术主导派”。要正确地认识电视技术与艺术的关系,不能抬高一方,贬低另一方。现代艺术的潮流是技术与艺术的合一。     

Curation,conservation, and the artist in Silent Explosion: Ivor Davies and Destruction in Art

This paper examines the preservation and curatorial approaches explored for the exhibition Silent Explosion: Ivor Davies and Destruction in Art at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales (November 2015–March 2016). The collaboration between the artist, curator/researcher, and conservators is considered and the evolving and flexible way in which transient pieces were presented/re-presented is described. The paper offers a case study in the context of this exhibition and argues that regardless of whether it is in traditional media (such as painting) or as time-based media (unstable and open to interpretation), Davies' work challenges a perception of artworks as finished, single-authored objects.