MCN 2018 - Art Wiki at SFMOMA
Channel: Andrew Lih
Date: 16/11/2018

Martina Haidvogl
Mark Hellar
Layna White

Ever find that art management systems are unsympathetic to art and people? We’ve grown accustomed to systems that do well at exercising structured data and showing media assets associated with art. More than this is needed, especially for art that is iterative by intent, interpretation, or circumstance. In our experience, wikis can be sympathetic to art and to supporting our collaborative work. SFMOMA is using the MediaWiki platform to convene people around making, contextualizing, and using living, multi-voice records for art. In this case study, we’ll talk about our rationale, evaluation, and adoption of MediaWiki into our art management ecosystem.

For MCN Denver, our collaborative work is presented through the lenses of conservation, documentation, and systems supporting art management, research, and access. We’ll highlight considerations and measures taken to situate the MediaWiki adjacent to our collections management and digital asset management systems. We’ll talk about working through questions of scattered information, systems of record, and shared responsibilities. We’ll frame our wiki journey using Sonic Shadows by Bay Area artist Bill Fontana as an example of how iterative works can challenge us, and challenge our art management systems to do better by art.

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