Preservation of Complex Objects Symposia (POCOS) :: October 11-12, 2011 :: The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK :: Online registration.

Preservation of software art presents challenges in many fronts, including complex interdependencies between objects; time-based and interactive properties; and diversity in the technologies and practices used for development. This exciting two-day symposium will provide a forum for participants to discuss these challenges, review and debate the latest developments in the field, witness real-life case studies, and engage in networking activities. The symposium will promote discussion on such topics as:

• Implications and advances in preserving software art
• Issues of ephemerality
• Significant properties for software art
• Software art as performance
• Legal and Ethical issues in collecting, curating and preserving software art
• Interpretation and Documentation

Keynote Speakers:

• Richard Rinehart – Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, USA
• Simon Biggs – Edinburgh College of Art, UK

Presenters include:

• Vicky Isley and Paul Smith – boredomresearch / NCCA, Bournemouth University, UK
• Michael Takeo Magruder – King’s Visualisation Lab, King’s College London, UK
• Perla Innocenti – History of Art, University of Glasgow, UK
• Leo Konstantelos – HATII, University of Glasgow, UK

The programme also includes break-out sessions for participants to discuss key topics in preservation of Software Art. For more information, please visit the POCOS page. Download the brochure here.

Bookings are now open at the project website – however, space is limited so please book early. A waiting list will be maintained once the symposium is fully booked in case of late cancellations.

Preservation Of Complex Objects Symposia (POCOS) has been funded by the JISC Information Environment Programme 2009-11