ATSR: Working Group on Art Technological Source Research
ATSR is a Working Group of The International Council of Museums - Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC).See the official ICOM-CC website for ATSR:
http://www.icom-cc.org/21/working-groups/art-technological-source-research/
Forthcoming conference: A new lease of life: Documented transformations of works of art
22-23 November 2012 Brussels
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA)
Call for papers (by 9 January 2012)
Recent conference: Technology and Interpretation - Reflecting the artist's Process
23-24 September 2010, Vienna.
The proceedings are being published by Archetype Publications Ltd.
The background to ATSR
Objectives
The primary aim of the ATSR Working Group is to establish a focus for historical documentary
source research and reconstructions on art materials and techniques.
The idea is to have a group of specialists in this area who work closely
with all relevant research projects.
Objectives
Documentary source research is often an essential component of conservation research, or art historical research. Reconstructions, a natural follow-on from the collection of information on materials and their use, can form an invaluable tool. The main objective of the ATSR working group is to encourage research into art technological sources on a professional basis.
Further objectives include:
- to be a platform for the exchange and dissemination of information on the subject
- to systematize the tools and techniques for this type of research
- to know better the players and stakeholders in this field
- to cooperate in multidisciplinary projects
- to extend our international contacts
- to find feedback for our research
- to develop better possibilities for publishing research results
- to develop possibilities for research outside of the affiliated institutes
- to attract interns and visiting researchers to do research at the affiliated institutes
- to raise funding for related activities
Membership
Full membership
ATSR is a Working Group of The International Council of Museums - Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC). As such, ICOM requires that full membership of the ATSR Working Group be available only to members of ICOM. ATSR would encourage any individual or institution that is interested and eligible to consider taking out ICOM membership.[How to join ICOM] and the [Benefits of ICOM membership]
Non-member 'Friends' of ATSR
Nevertheless both the ATSR group and ICOM-CC value non-members and welcomes them in all events (interim meetings and triennial conferences). Consequently individuals, organisations, and institutions that are not members of ICOM are welcome to attend ATSR meetings, and may request to be added to the mailing list : being such a 'friend' of ATSR is free of charge.Requests for membership, to be added to the ATSR mailing list (either as ICOM member or as an 'interested friend'), or simply for further information, email atsr@clericus.org.
ATSR Publications
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| Art of the Past - Sources and Reconstructions
London: Archetype 2005. ISBN: 1904982018 [Details] |
Art Technology : Sources and Methods
London: Archetype 2008. ISBN: 9781904982296 [Details] |
Sources and Serendipity: Testimonies of Artist's Practice London: Archetype 2009.ISBN 9781904982524 [Details] |
Technology and Interpretation
Reflecting the Artist's Process (Postprints from the 2010 ATSR Vienna conference.) Forthcoming, Archetype, 2011. [Abstracts (pdf)] |
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In addition, papers from the ATSR Working Group are published in the proceedings of the ICOM-CC Triennial Meetings for 2008 (New Delhi) and 2011 (Lisbon). [Details] |