National Gallery of Canada Foundation

Film, video and new media conservation program

(Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

Jenny Holzer, UNEX Sign No. 2 (selections from "The Survival Series"), 1984.

The sign during restoration in the National Gallery of Canada's restoration laboratory, (2006).

Photo: DOCAM. Courtesy of the artist and the NGC.

DOCAM case studies: www.docam.ca/en/case-studies/holzer-unex-sign-no2.html

Jenny Holzer, UNEX Sign No. 2, 1984.

The National Gallery of Canada holds one of the most important media art collections in the world. Thanks to the foundation's support the Gallery will set up a Film, video and new media conservation program. This program's goals are twofold: to preserve the Gallery's current and future multimedia collection; to provide artists, scientists and individuals working on media art or multidisciplinary projects with free access to historical, practical and technical data about new media conservation.