Restoring digital arts in a sustainable way. A case study: the restoration of Giacomo Verde’s artworks.

Every year in the middle of September, the Italian Ministry for cultural heritage and activities takes part in the European Heritage Days, a project promoted since 1991 by the European Council and by the European Commission, with the aim of improving and encouraging dialogue and exchange between European countries, within a cultural sphere. This year has been celebrated Sustainable Heritage. Sustainable Heritage means waste reduction and re-usable materials for art and its practices. The art world have started thinking seriously about sustainability which it has become a goal in all sectors to preserve our planet. Can technology-based artworks achieve sustainability also? In the digital arts, there is no guarantee that work will be preserved for any time after it has been created: all works are subject to deterioration and obsolescence due to technological progress.

In occasione della Giornata Europea del Patrimonio che quest’anno aveva come parola chiave la sostenibilità, il Museo della Spezia CAMeC ha accolto una proposta di “restyling” tecnologico sostenibile di un’installazione interattiva del 1997 non più funzionante in prestito dal Museo di Gallarate e presente all’interno della mostra Liberare Arte da Artisti dedicata al tecnoartista Giacomo Verde scomparso nel 2020. L’opera finalmente funzionante è stata esposta il 25 settembre in occasione del GEP.