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The conservation of performance art sounds like an oxymoron. How can we conserve works whose base of existence is being ephemeral, unique and an unrepeatable dialogue with the spectator? The generally accepted method of preservation is obviously documentation which witnesses the occurrence of the act of art. However, what is to be done if the documentation seems insufficient or inadequate in the process...
This text is an attempt to outline the status of documentation in contemporary art and to describe the process of how the role of documentation has changed within the last decade. Simply speaking, documentation has gained the independent status of a work of art. Documentation as an artistic phenomenon can be considered on two levels: formally as a way to create new works of art, and this is what interests...
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