Before revision: It aims to develop further the possibilities of (digital) preservation, presentation and distribution of media URL Loop Conference URL Open Access Conference at Bauhaus URL Unpainted media Art Fair Munich History The main purpose for IMAI's founding was to preserve the large collection of video art tapes which the former video art distributor and media art agency 235 MEDIA held in its archive in Cologne.235media in Cologne - history IMAI was set up with the support of the provincial capital of Düsseldorf and the Cologne media art agency 235 URL rp-online URL imai at nrw-museum network The preservation of the video art archive was funded by the Kunststiftung NRW (art foundation NRW – of the state of North Rhine Westphalia), the 'Kulturstiftung der Länder' (cultural foundation of the Federal states).
After revision: It aims to develop further the possibilities of (digital) preservation, presentation and distribution of media URL Loop Conference URL Open Access Conference at Bauhaus URL Unpainted media Art Fair Munich History The main purpose for the founding of the imai Foundation (initially called imai - inter media art institute) was to preserve the large collection of video art tapes which the former video art distributor and media art agency 235 MEDIA held in its archive in Cologne.235media in Cologne - history IMAI was set up with the support of the provincial capital of Düsseldorf and the Cologne media art agency 235 URL rp-online URL imai at nrw-museum network The preservation of the video art archive was funded by the Kunststiftung NRW (art foundation NRW – of the state of North Rhine Westphalia), the 'Kulturstiftung der Länder' (cultural foundation of the Federal states).