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Media Alliance Preservation Survey

Author
Paul Messier
Publisher
Media Alliance
Place
New York, NY
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ETC0636

Abstract

Report prepared by Paul Messier, Boston Art Conservation, concerning preservation activites at six NYS media centers: Electronic Arts Intermix; Experimental Television Center; Hallwalls; The Kitchen; Syracuse University and the Everson Museum; Visual Studies Workshop. Bibliography.
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Paul Messier. Media Alliance Preservation Survey. Media Alliance. 1997.

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ETC0636

Report prepared by Paul Messier, Boston Art Conservation, concerning preservation activites at six NYS media centers: Electronic Arts Intermix; Experimental Television Center; Hallwalls; The Kitchen; Syracuse University and the Everson Museum; Visual Studies Workshop. Bibliography.

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