CAROLINE CARLSMITH CONSERVATION
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Conservation Documentation for Dennis McNulty's I reached inside myself through time (2015)
Project type
Time-based Media Art Conservation Documentation
Date
2021
Location
Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin (Remote)
Material
Texts from Olaf Stapledon's timeline for Last and First Men, an acapella recording of Morten Harket's vocals for The Sun always shines on TV sourced on-line, True Type (digital) rendering of the Futura font by Paul Renner, high resolution impulse response recordings made in various spaces in Lofoten, Reaper DAW with convolution reverb plug-in, Feonic audio-actuators, stereo amplifier, 2 Raspberry-Pi computers running Raspbian, Openframeworks open source toolkit, programming, modified LCD screen, Arduino Uno with 2.8" TFT display, anti-static bag, aluminium profiles, cables, cable glands, nuts, bolts, screws, wood, webbing, ratchet-straps, Easygrow Eco Silver White Lightite film, padding, black carpet and red oil paint.
Role
Conservator: Caroline Carlsmith
Supervising Conservator: Brian Castriota
SUMMARY
In 2021 I created conservation documentation for Dennis McNulty's complex installation I reached inside myself through time (2015) in the collection of the Irish Museum of Modern Art. This work also resulted in the article 'This Book Has Two Authors: Creating Conservation Documentation for Dennis McNulty's I reached inside myself through time (2015)' which was published in IMMA magazine in 2023, about the complexities of authorship in conservation documentation, particularly when conservators are also practicing artists.
