In this talk, former dancer and art historian Dr. Megan Metcalf will present dance-specific challenges to central conservation concepts and procedures.
June 19, 2024, 5pm–6.30pm, HKB, Grosse Aula, Fellerstrasse 11, 3027 Bern
Drawing on examples from two decades of research on dance in museums, Dr. Megan Metcalf will explore how dance pressures fundamental terms within object conservation. At the same time, evolutions in the theory and practice of conservation in recent years reveal how the discipline has already incorporated choreographic principles in the wake of 1960s art practices engaged with the embodied, the ephemeral, and the social, a productive convergence with long-term effects for artworks, institutions, artists, choreographers, and beyond.
Speaker: Megan Metcalf
Moderation: Carmen Effner
Host: Institut Materialität in Kunst und Kultur
Image: Abigail Sebaly catalogues costumes from the Walker Art Center’s Merce Cunningham Dance Company acquisition in 2011. Photo credit: Gene Pittman.
Performance: Conservation, Materiality, Knowledge 