{"id":13751,"date":"2016-01-06T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=13751"},"modified":"2016-01-06T11:00:31","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T16:00:31","slug":"historic-and-modern-assemblages-treatments-of-wood-based-multimedia-artworksinteriors-in-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2016\/01\/06\/historic-and-modern-assemblages-treatments-of-wood-based-multimedia-artworksinteriors-in-context\/","title":{"rendered":"HISTORIC AND MODERN ASSEMBLAGES: TREATMENTS OF WOOD BASED MULTIMEDIA ARTWORKS\/INTERIORS IN CONTEXT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joint Interim Conference of the ICOM-CC Working Groups: Wood, Furniture, and Lacquer and Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decoration, kindly supported by the German Association of Conservator-Restorers (VDR) Specialty Group: Furniture and Wooden Artifacts.
\nHosted in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam<\/em>
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\nDate: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8-10 April, 2016
\nLocation: \u00a0 University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany<\/strong>
\nSet within the historic gardens and palaces of Potsdam, this conference will focus on site-specific wooden works of art of a composite nature. Included in this broad theme are the exploration of the purpose and the complex means used to create these works consisting of multiple elements and mixed materials as well as the conservation strategies designed to preserve and display them.
\nThis three-day conference will bring together an international roster of conservators, art historians, conservation scientists, and artists to share new research, past experiences, and their specific and varied expertise.
\nThe conference will be divided into two days of presentations and followed by a day with guided tours of historic sites, museums and conservation studios. Lunch and coffee breaks will be accompanied by posters displayed in the main hall.
\nPresentations will focus in sessions on the following themes:
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assemblages in-situ: Architectural interiors
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conservation in-situ: Methods and challenges
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assemblages set in the museum context: Western, non-western and religious
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Innovative techniques for documentation, conservation technology and analysis
\nThe conference will be held in English<\/p>\n

Program<\/h2>\n

Friday April 8th<\/strong>
\nSESSION 1: ASSEMBLAGES \u2013 HISTORICAL APPROACH
\nKeynote lecture<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Speaker TBD
\nThe paradise bed & the painted chamber of Westminster Palace c.1486<\/strong>
\nHelen Hughes
\nCharlemont medal cabinet (1767-68) designed by Sir William Chambers: A consideration of its past and future<\/strong>
\nPaul Tear
\nConservation and recreation: The restoration of Sir John Soane\u2019s private apartments at 13 Lincoln\u2019s Inn Fields<\/strong>
\nHelen Dorey, Lyall Thow, Jane Wilkinson
\nTegel Palace (1822-1826): A unique survival of the interiors designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel for Wilhelm von Humboldt<\/strong>
\nMartina Abri, J\u00f6rg Weber
\nSESSION 2: CONSERVATION IN SITU \u2013 METHODS AND CHALLENGES
\nThe hall of catalogues and the hall of globes: The laser scanner survey and data collection of two complex 19th century libraries located within the Accademia delle Scienze, Turin<\/strong>
\nStefania de Blasi
\nThe Junkerhaus (1850-1912), Lemgo – An exposed wooden house and its contents: A review of the preventative conservation measures installed in 2001-2004<\/strong>
\nNorbert Grote
\nThe Eremitage of the Neuer Garten in Potsdam: Investigation of the interior panelling and the original appearance<\/strong>
\nGerald Grajcarek
\nSESSION 3:\u00a0 DOCUMENTATION, TECHNOLOGY AND ANALYSIS
\nModern methods of documentation for conservation: Photogrammetric evaluation of historic recordings<\/strong>
\nGunnar Siedler, Sebastian Vetter
\nThe scientific investigation of 18th and 19th polychrome furniture from the collections of the House of Esterh\u00e1zy, at Esterhazy Castle, used to inform conservation-restoration decisions<\/strong>
\nSabine Stanek, Martina Griesser, V\u00e1clav Pitthard, Susanne Kaefer, Florian T. Bayer
\nCapturing the history of finishes: A documentation tool for architectural paint research<\/strong>
\nEdwin Verweij and David Edvardson
\nChoir stalls (1537) from Transylvania: A conservation challenge saving every millimetre – the use of 3D laser scanners and digital techniques for their reconstruction<\/strong>
\nGerdi Maierbacher-Legl, Christine Fiedler, Gunar Grossmann
\nSOCIAL EVENT IN THE EVENING
\nSaturday April 9th<\/strong>
\nSESSION 4: MUSEUM PRESENTATIONS \u2013 WESTERN ASSEMBLAGES
\nA rococo room from a Grachtenhuis in Amsterdam (1743-1748) in the Rijksmuseum: The reinstallation of the original fittings – and a streak of sunlight<\/strong>
\nPaul van Duin
\nThe Bernstorff Suite at The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Its presentation and interpretation from the 18th to the 21st Century<\/strong>
\nCynthia Moyer
\nThe Period Rooms in the Swiss National Museum, Zurich: The 1898 installations conserved and reinstalled<\/strong>
\nGaby Petrak
\nBuilding Backwards: Ornament defines structure in the installation of the Worsham-Rockefeller bedroom (1881) at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts<\/strong>
\nF. Carey Howlett
\n“Are you still cooking or already eating?\u201d – The reinstallation of a Frankfurt kitchen (1926-1931) provides a new understanding of built-in furniture of the period<\/strong>
\nChristian Dressen
\nSESSION 5: MUSEUM PRESENTATIONS \u2013 NON-WESTERN ASSEMBLAGES
\nPetioles, paint and steel: The conservation and re-installation of the Mariwai Village Kwoma ceremonial house ceiling at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007<\/strong>
\nBeth Edelstein, Christine Giuntini
\nThe Alhambra Cupola in the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin:The history of a 14th century wooden ceiling, current conservation challenges and new prospects for a Nasrid masterpiece<\/strong>
\nJulia Gonnella, Anne Mollenhauer, Jutta Maria Schwed
\nOrnate panels from 18th and 19th century Damascene <\/strong>\u02bf<\/strong>ajam\u012b interiors: Conservation issues and Western perceptions of the \u2018Orient\u2019 revealed<\/strong>
\nAnke Scharrahs
\nSESSION 6: RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLAGES
\nThree Baroque Altarpieces in the Church of Our Lady in Aarschot (Belgium): Insights into the working methods of Antwerp sculptor and designer Pieter Scheemaeckers<\/strong>
\nIngrid Geelen
\nThe investigation and treatment of a 17th century wooden Jain Shrine (house-temple) from Gujarat, Western India
\nPart 1. Context
\nPart 2. Treatment<\/strong>
\nKathleen M. Garland, Kimberly Masteller, John Twilley, Cathleen Duffy
\nQ&A AND CLOSING REMARKS
\nSunday April 10th<\/strong>
\nTOURS
\nSeveral post-conference tours will be offered to allow participants to explore museum collections and conservation projects in Potsdam and Berlin.
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Joint Interim Conference of the ICOM-CC Working Groups: Wood, Furniture, and Lacquer and Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decoration, kindly supported by the German Association of Conservator-Restorers (VDR) Specialty Group: Furniture and Wooden Artifacts. Hosted in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam Access the conference website   Date: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8-10 April, 2016 Location: … Continue reading “HISTORIC AND MODERN ASSEMBLAGES: TREATMENTS OF WOOD BASED MULTIMEDIA ARTWORKS\/INTERIORS IN CONTEXT”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allied-organizations","category-ccs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}