inside installations — online course 'video registration of installations'

Module description Generally speaking, installations need a different approach in video recording and documentation than more traditional work of arts. Video lends itself to creating a variety of useful documentation of installations. This module asks questions such as: What categories of video documentation exist? What issues need to be considered when trying to capture the essence of an installation? The module includes clips with examples. Who’s it for
—	Museum/institutional professionals (conservators, technicians, curators etc) that preserve and present installation art.
—	Students (or interested public) of conservation, art history, media studies, media preservation.
Contents
—	The introduction outlines questions that need to be asked when planning to produce a video recording of an installation. It then goes on to explain the research method used to create this module and the second module in this series as well as the results of this research compared to general documentation theory.
—	Video documentation of installations explains the advantages of video documentation for this kind of artwork and outlines different purposes, categories, types and scenarios possible when making them.
—	Requirements for video documentation of installations deals with issues necessary to capture when presenting an installation to an audience on video or to create re-installation documentation.
—	The conclusion summaries the module.
—	Glossary
—	Literature
Context This module is one two which together make up a guide for good practice for video documentation of installations and other artistic events. It is an update of the ongoing practice and research into (video) documentation of installations carried out by the Netherlands Media Art Institute, Montevideo/Time Based Arts. Created within the framework of the European research project Inside Installations: Preservation and Presentation of Installation Art (2004-2007) the guide is the result of collaborative research within a special study into video documentation of installations under one of the five project research areas: Documentation Strategies. Each installation is different. Therefore, it seems inappropriate to suggest that a definitive set of recommendations for video documentation of installations could be provided. These guidelines thus must be seen as a collection of instructions and issues to consider for those who plan to make a video recording of an installation.