This week's guest has been incredibly influential in shaping not just how art conservators think about preserving art on the internet, but also in building tools to help them accomplish things we never thought possible. As Rhizome's Preservation Director, Dragan Espenschied is responsible for the preservation of thousands of works of art experienced through the web, accessible to the general public 24/7, 365. As we'll hear, this very particular context has required Dragan to approach the practice of preservation from a fundamentally different angle than what has evolved in museum practice. Dragan's way of working, and his contributions to the field are vital and serve as a valuable counterpoint and compliment to the slower, smaller scale, shall we say small-batch style approaches we are more accustomed to seeing in conservation. Tune in to hear Dragan's story!
Links from the conversation with Dragan
> Rhizome: https://rhizome.org/
> Zombie + Mummy: https://www.diaart.org/program/artistswebprojects/olia-lialina-and-dragan-espenschied-zombie-mummy-web-project
> Emulating “Bomb Iraq”: https://rhizome.org/editorial/2014/jun/24/emulating-bomb-iraq-arcangel/
> Theresa Duncan CD-ROMs: https://sites.rhizome.org/theresa-duncan-cdroms/
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