Today we share a new article by José Ramón Alcalá in which he analyzes and describes, among other things, the MIDECIANT museum project.
In his own words:
«The historiographical account of media arts is yet to be written. The lack of re-sponsibility of the (mis)named “contemporary art museums”, evading their responsi-bility to include in their collections and to musealize the media art practices created since the middle of the 20th century, demands an exercise of Governance that involves explaining what media arts are; constructing their account; contextualizing them and musealizing them, assuming institutional responsibility with all this new artistic and cultural heritage, which needs to be preserved, organized, exhibited, narrated and dis-seminated.
This text, written from artistic, curatorial, theoretical, teaching and museum man-agement experience in the field of new media, explains each of these aspects, describing the actions necessary to solve this “pending history” and preserve this “memory at risk” to which the title alludes. »
The article is published in issue 45 of the NORBA magazine entitled Museums of the 21st century: the new museology and the lines of museum action.
If you want to read the full article, click on this link.