Documentation of Installation Art (Welcoming Address: Christiane Riedel)

The third Inside Installations event was a workshop organised by project co-organiser Restaurierungszentrum Düsseldorf. Held on 1st and 2nd December 2005 the meeting was kindly hosted by the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM) in Karlsruhe.

The main subject of the seminar was the documentation of installation art. Contributions by the German partners focussed on measuring techniques and documentation strategies applicable to complex installations and their time-based elements movement, sound and light. Additional papers presented by guest speakers dealt with the accessibility and management of knowledge on installation art. A model designed by the German partners for the documentation of installation art was presented and critically discussed.