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| − | '''Jina Chang''' is time-based media art conservator | + | '''Jina Chang''' is a time-based media art conservator at the Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo. Originally trained as a media artist (BFA Pratt Institute, MFA University of New Mexico), she later specialized in conservation at the University of Oslo. Her work spans the technical, ethical, and philosophical dimensions of preserving time-based and digital artworks. As both a practitioner and researcher, she interrogates the ontological and temporal complexity of conservation, with recent writings exploring artistic intention, affective labor, and the recursive act of re-creation. Her current research investigates the tensions between care and institutional structures, focusing on how preservation work can enact or resist neoliberal expectations. At the Nasjonalmuseet, she has led long-term projects documenting and developing preservation strategies for time-based media and digital art. Through the lens of degrowth, she is interested in rethinking conservation as a political and emotional practice of caring for cultural memory under shifting conditions. [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/museums-degrowth-how-to-create-change-towards-a-post-growth-reality-tickets-1371659834489 (2025)] |
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| − | * [https://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/ansatte/jina-chang/ | + | * [https://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/ansatte/jina-chang/ Nasjonalmuseet] |
* [https://nasjonalmuseet.academia.edu/JinaChang Academia.edu] | * [https://nasjonalmuseet.academia.edu/JinaChang Academia.edu] | ||
* [https://twitter.com/jinach Twitter] | * [https://twitter.com/jinach Twitter] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:09, 5 June 2025
Jina Chang is a time-based media art conservator at the Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo. Originally trained as a media artist (BFA Pratt Institute, MFA University of New Mexico), she later specialized in conservation at the University of Oslo. Her work spans the technical, ethical, and philosophical dimensions of preserving time-based and digital artworks. As both a practitioner and researcher, she interrogates the ontological and temporal complexity of conservation, with recent writings exploring artistic intention, affective labor, and the recursive act of re-creation. Her current research investigates the tensions between care and institutional structures, focusing on how preservation work can enact or resist neoliberal expectations. At the Nasjonalmuseet, she has led long-term projects documenting and developing preservation strategies for time-based media and digital art. Through the lens of degrowth, she is interested in rethinking conservation as a political and emotional practice of caring for cultural memory under shifting conditions. (2025)
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