Will, You should post this question to the Visual Resources Listserv (VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU). VRA is full of cataloging nerds (I mean that in the nicest way - they are amazing) who deal with and debate these kind of cataloging issues all the time.
Diane >If any of you are involved in complex >cataloguing questions, especially for >contemporary art, and enjoy puzzling over them >for inordinate amounts of time, here is a >conundrum for you. How would you approach a >situation like this? > >The artist created a work specifically for a >temporary exhibition. The original work was >projected video imagery on the fa?ades of the >museum building. We created a full catalogue >record in our collections system for this work. >Subsequently the artist created a derivative >version of the piece to be offered for sale >through the artist's gallery, in an edition of >4. The museum is acquiring edition 1/4 this >work. It consists of the same imagery as the >original, but it has been re-edited, has >acquired a sound track, and is designed >primarily as an indoors single-channel video >projection. However, in our museum's case, the >artist is permitting the work to be shown again >as an outside projection on the museum fa?ades >exactly as the original work was, as well as >indoors as a single-channel projection. > >It may also be significant that the original >work was created under severe time constraints >and the artist viewed it more or less as a work >in progress. But it had to be shown in the >exhibition in an "unfinished" state because the >artist simply ran out of time. > >Essentially our options are 1) create a separate >catalogue record for the new derivative work, or >2) treat both the original projection and the >derivative piece as two "manifestations" of a >single "work" (loosely following FRBR concepts). > >I suppose a broader question is, do any of you >follow FRBR concepts when cataloguing works of >this nature? > >If this is too esoteric for the list, feel free to respond off-list. > >Thanks, > >Will Real >Carnegie Museum of Art > >_______________________________________________ >You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the >listserv of the Museum Computer Network >(http://www.mcn.edu) > >To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > >To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > >The MCN-L archives can be found at: >http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ -- Diane M. Zorich 113 Gallup Road Princeton, NJ 08542 USA Voice: 609-252-1606 Fax: 609-252-1607 Email: dzorich at mindspring.com or dianezorich at comcast.net
