Criticising the Variable Media Initiative, Gfeller states: Storage, especially storage of spare parts and devices, is seen [by the Variable Media Initiatve] as problematic, while at some point any stock will be used up and/or devices will no longer function, and so the continuity of the work would no longer be guaranteed. [...] It is furthermore striking that one speaks about storage but not about preservation, i.e. the active and specialized measurements by means of which storage actually makes sense. Emulation of certain logical or technical functionalities is a proper process regarding the functional aspects of an authentic reception of media works of art, but migration of the information is an inevitable process as otherwise [the information] will get lost. (t)
Gfeller, 2004, p. 220-21, 222
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