Press, Interviews and Blog Posts

  • Dawson, Aimee, The Art Newspaper, April 13, 2020. Conservators and computer scientists join forces to update older internet works for today’s browsers: Work on Mark Napier’s 2002 piece net.flag was recently completed by the Guggenheim (Article) (PDF)
  • Engel, Deena, Emma Dickson and Jonathan Farbowitz. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Blog, February 27, 2020. Restoring Mark Napier’s Online Work net.flag for a Changing World (Blog post) (PDF)
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Blog: The Conserving Computer-Based Art Initiative (CCBA) (Blog post) (PDF)
  • La Force, Thessaly. The New York Times Style Magazine, August 6, 2019. What Should An Artist Save? (Article) (PDF)
  • Kowalski, Kathiann Science News for Students, April 24, 2019. These scientists help rescue ‘broken’ digital art Hardware and software updates can damage computer-based art — and restoring it is tricky (Article) (PDF)
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) How do we conserve and restore computer-based art in a changing technological environment? The Guggenheim Museum and NYU crack the code for digital preservation. Press release, February 15, 2019. (PDF) and New York University News Release (PDF)
  • Cookson, Clive. London Financial Times, Feburary 17, 2019. Scientists work to save ‘fragile’ digital media artworks (PDF)
  • Phillips, Joanna and Deena Engel, Jonathan Farbowitz and Karl Toby Rosenberg. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Blog: The Guggenheim Restores John F. Simon Jr.’s Early Web Artwork “Unfolding Object” , November 19, 2018. (Blog post) (PDF)
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, November 19, 2018. Press Release Guggenheim Museum’s Initiative for Conserving Computer-Based Art Restores Seminal Web Artwork Unfolding Object (2002) by John F. Simon Jr. (Release) (PDF)
  • Matthais, Mia and Michelle Liu. Voices in Contemporary Art (VoCA)), February 2, 2018. The Life-Cycle of a Software-Based Work of Art, (Blog post) (PDF)
  • Trojanska, Weronika. Metropolis M, Dec. 6, 2017. Artist Archives Initiative(in Dutch) (Article) (PDF)
  • Devitt, James, NYU Arts Digest No. 6, page 23, Fall, 2017. Art Restoration 2.0 (Article) (Screen shot)
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: Press Release, May 16, 2017. Guggenheim Restores First Internet Artwork Acquisition through Conserving Computer-Based Art Initiative - Brandon (1998–99) by Shu Lea Cheang Now Fully Functional and Accessible to Public. (Release) (PDF)
  • Phillips, Joanna and Deena Engel Emma Dickson Jonathan Farbowitz. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Blog, May 16, 2017. Restoring Brandon, Shu Lea Cheang’s Early Web Artwork (Blog post) (PDF)
  • Voon, Claire. Hyperallergic, May 17, 2017. The Guggenheim Restores Its First Web Art Commission (Article) (PDF)
  • Cascone, Sarah. Artnet, May 16, 2017. The Guggenheim Just Restored Its First Web Artwork. Here’s How: Overcoming the unique conservation challenges of Internet art (Article) (PDF)
  • Wharton, Glenn, Deena Engel and Marvin Taylor. Voices in Contemporary Art (VoCA), Spring 2017 VoCA Journal Creating the Artist Archives Initiative at New York University with Deena Engel, Marvin J. Taylor, and Glenn Wharton (Interview) (PDF)
  • New York University Alumni Magazine The Art Code, Spring 2017, page 17. (PDF)
  • Voices in Contemporary Art (VoCA), Topics in Time-Based Media Art Conservation: Deena Engel, March 3, 2017. (Blog post) (PDF)
  • Dover, Caitlin. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Blog, October 26, 2016. How the Guggenheim and NYU Are Conserving Computer-Based Art—Part 1. (Blog post) (PDF)
  • Dover, Caitlin. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Blog, November 4, 2016. How the Guggenheim and NYU Are Conserving Computer-Based Art—Part 2. (Blog post) (PDF)
  • Jennifer, Noémie. The Creators' Project , September 6, 2016. Student research at the Guggenheim Museum (Article) (PDF)
  • Jacobs, Sarah Ruth, Chronicle of Higher Education, November 29, 2011. The Graduate Student as Entrepreneur (Article) (PDF)