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Source register: A field of practice

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Status: public research register
Institutional author: 6529 Network Museum
Version: 1.1.1
Publication date: 2026-08-04
Access date for all web sources: 2026-08-04

This register lists the primary institutional sources used by the comparative study. Each profile and related study gives the displayed source title, date when shown, access date, and evidentiary use beside the relevant argument. The source inventory reconciles every cited HTTPS URL to the manuscripts that use it.

Every row gives the source's displayed title, publication or program date when the page shows one, source type, and the claim for which it was used. “Not shown” means the page exposed no publication date during review. All URLs were accessed on the date above. Inclusion does not endorse every claim an institution makes about itself. Collection totals and program descriptions are time-specific institutional reports. Mission pages establish stated purpose. Collection records, archives, conservation case studies, public datasets, and technical resources demonstrate practice.

Museum of Modern Art

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceAbout the Collection	Date shownNot shown	Source typeCollection statement	Evidence usedCollection and online-catalogue scale; incompleteness; feedback and research datasets.
Exact sourceMoMA collection data	Date shownRepository history	Source typePublic dataset and documentation	Evidence usedCC0 metadata; record caveats; citation, modification, correction, and contribution rules.
Exact sourceAbout our exhibition history	Date shownNot shown	Source typeArchive methodology	Evidence usedExhibition count; possible linked resources; incomplete film and performance coverage; research dataset.
Exact sourceMedia and Performance	Date shownNot shown	Source typeDepartment page	Evidence usedDepartmental collection and stewardship remit.
Exact sourceUnsupervised	Date shown2022	Source typeCollection record	Evidence usedTechnical medium, credits, department, object number, work-in-progress status, and correction route.
Exact sourceMoMA API	Date shownCurrent service page	Source typeTechnical documentation	Evidence usedAPI access is restricted to staff and partners; open collection metadata remains publicly downloadable.
Exact sourceMatters in Media Art	Date shownProject began 2003	Source typeConservation resource	Evidence usedCross-institutional time-based-media acquisition, loan, installation, and care guidance.
Exact sourceWhat Does a Media Conservator Do?	Date shown24 March 2015	Source typePractitioner essay	Evidence usedArtist interviews, equipment, installation, condition, and documentation practice.
Exact sourcePreserving the Technical History of Media Works	Date shown20 May 2015	Source typeConservation essay	Evidence usedTechnical process history, equipment details, settings, structured data, and authenticity.
Exact sourceMoMA.org Turns 20	Date shown25 May 2015	Source typeInstitutional web-archive essay	Evidence usedPreservation of institutional exhibition websites.

Whitney Museum of American Art

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceHistory of the Whitney	Date shownNot shown	Source typeInstitutional history	Evidence usedFounding, living-artist emphasis, and collection development.
Exact sourceWorks	Date shownCurrent catalogue	Source typeCollection interface	Evidence usedCollection scale and media-aware discovery.
Exact sourceartport	Date shownProgram launched 2001	Source typeCommission and archive portal	Evidence usedOnline commissions, exhibitions, collection presentations, and archive.
Exact sourceDouglas Davis: The World's First Collaborative Sentence	Date shownWork launched 1994; accessioned 1995	Source typeArtwork and conservation dossier	Evidence usedLive and historical manifestations, restoration, unresolved defects, credits, provenance, artist voice, and contribution route.
Exact sourceMedia Preservation Initiative	Date shownInitiative began 2018	Source typeConservation program	Evidence usedCollection-scale survey, cataloguing, preservation pipeline, and public templates.
Exact sourceConservation	Date shownNot shown	Source typeDepartment page	Evidence usedArtist documentation and cross-functional replication review.
Exact sourceOpen Access	Date shownNot shown	Source typeRights and data policy	Evidence usedNightly exports, stable identifiers, field limits, citation, and use.
Exact sourceAPI	Date shownNot shown	Source typeTechnical documentation	Evidence usedPublic endpoint structure and API-use guidance.
Exact sourceartport historical architecture	Date shownHistorical site	Source typeProgram archive page	Evidence usedEarlier artport categories and the program's durable public address.

Tate

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceNet Art Commissions, 1999–2021	Date shown1999–2021	Source typeArchive catalogue record	Evidence usedAccidental record loss; reconstruction sources, artificial order, method, and gaps.
Exact sourceIntermedia Art microsite	Date shownMicrosite 2008–2012; captured November 2019–February 2020	Source typeArchive catalogue record for a preserved website	Evidence usedConifer capture, WARC structure, external-link boundary, emulation, and failed content.
Exact sourceReshaping the Collectible	Date shown2018–2022	Source typeResearch project	Evidence usedResearch into mutable, networked, performative, and social works.
Exact sourceReshaping the Collectible: The Lives of Net Art	Date shown2021	Source typeResearch-project section	Evidence usedNamed net-art case-study cluster within the wider project.
Exact sourceNet Art: Dusty Navigational Pathways	Date shown2021	Source typeResearch case study	Evidence usedNet-art preservation and historical access.

Centre Pompidou

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceDivisions and departments	Date shownNot shown	Source typeOrganization page	Evidence usedCollection, research, documentation, interpretation, and publishing functions.
Exact sourceFilm and new media	Date shownCurrent collection page	Source typeCollection statement	Evidence usedCollection scope, technical medium descriptions, digitization, and original-format care.
Exact sourcePompidou+	Date shownCurrent portal	Source typeResearch and media portal	Evidence usedReproductions, dossiers, videos, podcasts, virtual exhibitions, and archives.
Exact sourceResearch	Date shownCurrent index	Source typeResearch-publication index	Evidence usedRoute into conservation, collection, and art-historical research.
Exact sourceIcône — Vera Molnar	Date shownWork dated 1964	Source typeCollection record	Evidence usedExample of the object-page structure cited in the comparative essay: identity, acquisition, inventory number, credit, bibliography, and related works.
Exact sourceSans titre — Vera Molnar	Date shownWork dated 1970	Source typeCollection record	Evidence usedObject identity, acquisition, display history, bibliography, and related works.
Exact sourceZapping Zone, Chris Marker	Date shownResearch program 2019–2022	Source typeConservation research case	Evidence usedDocumentation, obsolete equipment, migration questions, artist intent, and restoration research.
Exact sourceErreur 404: une histoire de l'exposition artistique en ligne	Date shown22 July 2025	Source typeResearch essay	Evidence usedOnline-exhibition history and the problem of absent, altered, and inaccessible web works.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceMedia Arts	Date shownDepartment established 1987	Source typeDepartment and collection page	Evidence usedDepartment history, collection fields, online works, publication, and preservation research.
Exact sourceMatters in Media Art	Date shownOctober 2015	Source typePractitioner essay	Evidence usedDormant and activated states, artist-specific acquisition questions, Team Media, and revised forms.
Exact sourceLearning to Love You More	Date shown2002–2009	Source typeCollection record	Evidence usedArtist, medium, credit, accession identity, and a distributed participatory work represented through a collection record.
Exact sourceTeam Media: In Action, in Contemplation	Date shownFebruary 2016	Source typePractitioner essay	Evidence usedTeam Media membership, working method, and cross-functional media-art care.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceThe Conserving Computer-Based Art Initiative	Date shown2014–2019	Source typeConservation initiative and resource set	Evidence usedSurvey, disk imaging, dependency mapping, source-code analysis, identity and iteration reports, treatment, collaboration, and public tools.
Exact sourceBrandon: credits and restoration	Date shownWork 1998–1999; restored 2016–2017	Source typeRestoration dossier	Evidence usedTechnical failures, migration, artist and restoration roles, and public access.
Exact sourceAbout net.flag	Date shownWork 2002; restored 2019	Source typeRestoration dossier	Evidence usedJava-to-JavaScript migration and artist and museum decisions.
Exact sourceSeeing Double: Emulation in Theory and Practice	Date shown2004	Source typeHistorical exhibition page	Evidence usedHistorical context for variable-media preservation and emulation.

ZKM | Center for Art and Media

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceFounding & History	Date shownPlanning from 1984; founded 1989	Source typeInstitutional history	Evidence usedPlanning, “Konzept ’88,” and institutional foundation.
Exact sourceDevelopment and Philosophy	Date shownNot shown	Source typeInstitutional history	Evidence usedIntegrated museum, collection, research, studio, and performance concept.
Exact sourceWissen	Date shownDepartment formed 2017	Source typeDepartment page	Evidence usedIntegrated collection, archives, and research department; artist and theorist archives.
Exact sourceLaboratory for Antiquated Video Systems	Date shownFounded 2004	Source typeConservation laboratory page	Evidence usedWorking historical equipment, format digitization, documentation, and analog and digital preservation.
Exact sourceRestoration of Electronic and Digital Art	Date shownNot shown	Source typeConservation department page	Evidence usedInterdisciplinary team and method development.
Exact sourceWipe Cycle	Date shownOriginal 1969; reconstruction captions differ	Source typeCollection record	Evidence usedOriginal and reconstruction relation, components, code, contributors, primary documentation, and unresolved date discrepancy.
Exact sourceDigital Art Conservation	Date shown2013	Source typeConservation anthology	Evidence usedInterdisciplinary case-study method.
Exact sourceThe ZKM Collection	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeCollection statement	Evidence usedInstitutionally reported collection fields and scale.
Exact sourceCollection and Archives	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeCollection and archive portal	Evidence usedArchival and access structure.
Exact sourceThe collection and preservation of digital cultural heritage	Date shownNot shown	Source typeResearch feature	Evidence usedInterdisciplinary digital-art preservation and reconstructed Wipe Cycle context.

Ars Electronica

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceAbout Ars Electronica	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeInstitutional overview	Evidence usedFestival, Prix, Center, Futurelab, education, partner, and Solutions structure.
Exact sourceEcosystem – About Ars Electronica	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeInstitutional self-description	Evidence usedArs Electronica's own “ecosystem” framing and the distinction among cultural, research, education, and client-facing units.
Exact sourceAbout the Ars Electronica Archive	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeArchive methodology	Evidence usedInstitutionally reported physical and digital holdings, formats, metadata, backup, access conditions, and research purpose.
Exact sourceArs Electronica Archive	Date shownCurrent database	Source typeArchive interface	Evidence usedSearchable Prix submissions, publications, audiovisual records, projects, and thematic archives.
Exact sourceWebsites	Date shownCurrent project page	Source typeWeb-preservation program	Evidence usedPreservation and repair of historical Ars Electronica websites.
Exact sourceSpaxels	Date shownProject began 2012	Source typeProject dossier	Evidence usedChronology, technical system, artistic rationale, collaborators, selected research, and code.
Exact sourceHistory – Ars Electronica Futurelab	Date shownCurrent history page	Source typeInstitutional chronology	Evidence used1979 Festival, 1987 Prix, and 1996 Center and Futurelab chronology.
Exact sourceResearching the Future	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeResearch-program description	Evidence usedCenter as a public research environment joining exhibition, laboratory, artists, scientists, and visitors.
Exact sourceOrganization	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeOrganization page	Evidence usedLegal and operating structure across Ars Electronica units.
Exact sourceArs Electronica Futurelab	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeResearch-and-development unit page	Evidence usedPublicly described remit and project route for Futurelab.

Rhizome and the New Museum

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceRhizome	Date shownFounded 1996	Source typeInstitutional overview	Evidence usedFounding, New Museum affiliation, commissions, scholarship, and preservation remit.
Exact sourceRhizome	Date shownArchive page updated 3 August 2026	Source typeInstitutional archive record	Evidence usedNew Museum affiliation, organizational history, and public-program record.
Exact sourceRhizome	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeProgram portal	Evidence usedCurrent routes to artworks, preservation, commissions, editorial work, and public programs.
Exact sourceFrequently Asked Questions	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeProgram policy	Evidence usedCuratorial selection and open-call routes for commissions, online exhibitions, and ArtBase accessions.
Exact sourceThe Rhizome Archive — Rhizome Digest	Date shown27 September 2003	Source typePrimary institutional announcement	Evidence usedNew Museum affiliate arrangement, retained organizational identity and programs, and administrative support.
Exact sourceArtBase: About	Date shownArtBase established 1999; relaunch 2021	Source typeArchive policy and methodology	Evidence usedArchive scope, accession-policy phases, variants, Linked Open Data, Wikibase, rights, and known biases.
Exact sourceArtBase: User Guide	Date shownNot shown	Source typeTechnical documentation	Evidence usedSPARQL, exports, linked data, and queryable relationships.
Exact sourceMy Boyfriend Came Back From the War (Q3933)	Date shownWork 1996; accessioned 25 August 2001	Source typeArtwork and variant record	Evidence usedWork identity linked to hosted, external, emulated, and documentary variants.
Exact sourceMy Boyfriend Came Back From the War	Date shownWork 1996	Source typeCurrent artwork and variant record	Evidence usedNested frames, click behavior, outside link, cloned variant, capture date, and emulated environment.
Exact sourceThe Making of Net Art Anthology: New from Rhizome and Google Arts & Culture	Date shown28 January 2019	Source typeResearch and conservation essay	Evidence usedResearch, restoration, open-source tools, exhibition, and public preservation matrix.
Exact sourceARTBASE ARCHIVE: CONTEXT & HISTORY	Date shown2020	Source typeResearch report	Evidence usedPartial institutional history, accession phases, interface, and known collection bias.
Exact sourceARTBASE REDESIGN DATA MODELS	Date shown2020	Source typeData-model report	Evidence usedProcessual works, variants, provenance, and Wikibase modeling.
Exact sourceConifer Twilight Announcement	Date shown15 December 2025	Source typeService-transition notice	Evidence usedMay and June 2026 service exit, WACZ export, self-hosting, and Browsertrix migration options.
Exact sourceConifer Twilight: Changing to read-only mode, webinar on May 21st	Date shown6 May 2026	Source typeService-transition notice	Evidence usedSubscription stop, June tombstone plan, and migration and self-hosting discussion.
Exact sourceTwilight Webinar Recap	Date shown22 May 2026	Source typeService-transition report	Evidence usedBeta tombstone state, replayweb.page, WACZ export, Browsertrix and self-hosting options, and identified feature losses.
Exact sourceConifer	Date shownCurrent landing page	Source typeService-status notice	Evidence usedRead-only state and disabled collection creation and modification before discontinuation.

Serpentine Arts Technologies

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceR&D Platform	Date shownNot shown	Source typeProgram statement	Evidence usedStated remit for creative research, prototypes, policy, strategy, and cross-sector participation.
Exact sourceBlockchain	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeProgram statement	Evidence usedArts Technologies program structure and Legal Lab placement.
Exact sourceLegal Lab	Date shownSeptember 2019–ongoing	Source typeResearch-program archive	Evidence usedListed legal research, participants, events, reports, recordings, and downloads.
Exact sourceFuture Art Ecosystems	Date shownSeries began July 2020	Source typeStrategic-briefing series	Evidence usedProspective research on cultural infrastructure, including decentralized systems and interoperability.
Exact sourceFuture Art Ecosystems 5: Art x Creative R&D	Date shown19 June 2025	Source typeStrategic briefing	Evidence usedA specific argument for creative R&D as public infrastructure.
Exact sourceFuture Art Ecosystems 3: Art x Decentralised Tech Launch	Date shown25 November 2022	Source typeReport-launch page	Evidence usedInterviews, prospective strategies, interoperability question, and Pol.is workshop.
Exact sourceFuture Art Ecosystems: Art x Decentralised Tech (FAE3)	Date shown2022	Source typeStrategic-briefing artifact	Evidence usedAuthorship, contributor apparatus, systems comparison, and prospective research argument.
Exact sourceFuture Art Ecosystems 3: Art x Decentralised Tech — Report Launch	Date shownNot shown	Source typeRecorded report launch	Evidence usedSerpentine's concise description of the report and download route.
Exact sourceCreative AI Lab	Date shown9 July 2020–ongoing	Source typeResearch and learning program	Evidence usedArtist research, tools, learning resources, workshops, and public interfaces.
Exact sourceI DIDNT REALISE YOU THOUGHT LIKE THAT	Date shown21 May 2026–ongoing	Source typeCommission page	Evidence usedWeb and mobile access, subtitles, community development process, production credits, and the artist's “living archive” description.
Exact sourceThe Legal Ambiguities of Art Collaborations and their Compatibility with NFTs	Date shown27 May 2021	Source typeLegal Lab research paper	Evidence usedCollaborative authorship, platform terms, minting and sale, royalties, moral rights, credit, recommendations, and legal-advice limitation.
Exact sourceGabriel Massan: Third World: The Bottom Dimension	Date shownReleased 23 June 2023	Source typeCommission page	Evidence usedUnreal Engine medium, free PC download, collaborative production, and stated Web3 distribution strategy.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceWhat does conserving the digital look like?	Date shown6 November 2025	Source typeConservation case study	Evidence usedShaping Form, studio development, disk imaging, fixity, source analysis, active and dormant condition, and preservation planning.
Exact sourceKeeping the future in focus: how the V&A is preserving the digital	Date shownNot shown	Source typeConservation-program essay	Evidence usedDigital-preservation program, removable media, authenticity, documentation, storage, and current limits.
Exact sourceRedesigning the V&A's Collections Online	Date shown2019	Source typeDigital-design case study	Evidence usedUser research, seven source systems, and object pages as navigation dead ends.
Exact sourceWhy things fail and why it matters: some challenges for digital collecting today — Part 2	Date shown16 August 2023	Source typeDigital-collecting essay	Evidence usedFailure, dependency, documentation, and care questions in digital collecting.
Exact sourceRapid Response Collecting	Date shownProgram began 2014	Source typeCollecting-program page	Evidence usedCollecting current design and public events through a stated method.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceArt + Tech Lab	Date shownCurrent program; historical program 1967–1971	Source typeProgram and archive portal	Evidence usedCurrent program, original catalogue, artist projects, and public outputs.
Exact sourceMETAVASARELY and An Empty Room	Date shown2020	Source typeCommission page	Evidence usedCasey Reas's commission and its relation to Victor Vasarely's unrealized LACMA proposal.
Exact sourceIntroducing METAVASARELY and An Empty Room, A Two-Part Digital Work by Casey Reas	Date shown13 February 2023	Source typeArtist interview and project feature	Evidence usedHistorical proposal, software simulation, two-part work, and online and gallery presentation.
Exact sourceExamining the Life and Times of Media Art	Date shown23 January 2024	Source typePractitioner essay	Evidence usedArtist intent, authority, obsolescing technology, resources, advocacy, and cross-functional time-based-media care.
Exact sourceNew Acquisition: The Cozomo de' Medici Collection	Date shown24 February 2023	Source typeAcquisition announcement	Evidence usedBlockchain-art acquisitions and institutionally reported work on standards across curatorial, preservation, registration, and lab functions.
Exact sourceLACMA Acquires Largest Collection of Blockchain Artworks	Date shown13 February 2023	Source typePress release	Evidence usedGift scale and the stated ambition to develop preservation standards and techniques.

Metropolitan Museum of Art and Getty editorial infrastructure

These sources support the two profiles and the aggregate publication standard.

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceMetropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access dataset	Date shownRepository history	Source typePublic dataset and documentation	Evidence usedCC0 collection data, incomplete-record notice, update practice, attribution, and derived-data disclosure.
Exact sourceMetropolitan Museum of Art, Everything #4	Date shown2004	Source typeCollection record	Evidence usedLayered object interpretation, artist-preferred display evidence, notes, provenance, exhibition history, and references.
Exact sourceMetropolitan Museum of Art, Salvator Mundi	Date shownca. 1500	Source typeCollection record	Evidence usedOverview, catalogue entry, technical notes, provenance, exhibition history, references, open data, and feedback on one object page.
Exact sourceMetropolitan Museum of Art, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History	Date shownCurrent publication	Source typeScholarly publication	Evidence usedExpert-authored essays, chronologies, and updating practice.
Exact sourceMetropolitan Museum of Art, MetPublications	Date shownCurrent catalogue	Source typePublication archive	Evidence usedSearchable access to the Museum's books and catalogues.
Exact sourceMetropolitan Museum of Art, After Three Hundred Years of Fading, a Dutch Masterpiece Is Digitally Restored	Date shown20 June 2019	Source typeConservation feature	Evidence usedImaging method, reconstruction choices, qualified result, and retained uncertainty.
Exact sourceGetty, Getty API Documentation	Date shownCurrent portal	Source typeLinked-data documentation	Evidence usedEntry point for Getty data services and models.
Exact sourceGetty, Getty Museum Collection API Documentation	Date shownLast updated 21 March 2022	Source typeTechnical documentation	Evidence usedLinked Art JSON-LD, IIIF, ActivityStreams, SPARQL, scale, and incompleteness warning.
Exact sourceGetty, Getty Provenance Index API Documentation	Date shownNot shown	Source typeTechnical documentation	Evidence usedProvenance Index API and research path.
Exact sourceGetty Museum, Research on Museum Collection Provenance	Date shownNot shown	Source typeProvenance methodology	Evidence usedDate syntax, transaction language, source notes, qualified ownership, and gaps.
Exact sourceGetty Museum, Hunting on the Lagoon (recto); Letter Rack (verso)	Date shownUpdated 2 June 2026	Source typeCollection record	Evidence usedProvenance, bibliography, exhibitions, identifiers, API and SPARQL links, and update notice.
Exact sourceGetty Research Institute, Getty Vocabularies	Date shownCurrent portal	Source typeVocabulary documentation	Evidence usedSources, contributors, variants, relationships, multilingual terms, disputed terminology, and linked data.
Exact sourceGetty Foundation, Museum Catalogues in the Digital Age	Date shown2017	Source typeResearch report	Evidence usedOnline scholarly-catalogue research, multiple reading paths, updating, rights, citation, and open publication.
Exact sourceGetty Publications, Getty Research Journal	Date shownCurrent journal	Source typePeer-reviewed publication	Evidence usedOpen-access, multi-format scholarship and explicit image-rights treatment.
Exact sourceGetty Research Institute, Search Tools and Databases	Date shownCurrent portal	Source typeResearch-infrastructure portal	Evidence usedVocabularies, provenance, bibliographies, finding aids, linked open data, and research infrastructure.

Revision history

1.1.1 — 2026-08-04: corrected the public source-inventory count and replaced internal validation language with a reader-facing account of the register.
1.1.0 — 2026-08-04: retained the detailed original register, bound the expanded source notes to a deterministic 237-source manuscript inventory, and documented the no-duplication apparatus.
1.0.1 — 2026-08-04: pre-publication review corrected the Tate microsite chronology and distinguished Conifer's May subscription closure, June replacement plan, and current service notice.
1.0.0 — 2026-08-04: initial source register.

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Source register: A field of practice

Read the complete studyOpen the full essay, notes, bibliography, and publication record.

Status: public research register
Institutional author: 6529 Network Museum
Version: 1.1.1
Publication date: 2026-08-04
Access date for all web sources: 2026-08-04

Museum of Modern Art

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceAbout the Collection	Date shownNot shown	Source typeCollection statement	Evidence usedCollection and online-catalogue scale; incompleteness; feedback and research datasets.
Exact sourceMoMA collection data	Date shownRepository history	Source typePublic dataset and documentation	Evidence usedCC0 metadata; record caveats; citation, modification, correction, and contribution rules.
Exact sourceAbout our exhibition history	Date shownNot shown	Source typeArchive methodology	Evidence usedExhibition count; possible linked resources; incomplete film and performance coverage; research dataset.
Exact sourceMedia and Performance	Date shownNot shown	Source typeDepartment page	Evidence usedDepartmental collection and stewardship remit.
Exact sourceUnsupervised	Date shown2022	Source typeCollection record	Evidence usedTechnical medium, credits, department, object number, work-in-progress status, and correction route.
Exact sourceMoMA API	Date shownCurrent service page	Source typeTechnical documentation	Evidence usedAPI access is restricted to staff and partners; open collection metadata remains publicly downloadable.
Exact sourceMatters in Media Art	Date shownProject began 2003	Source typeConservation resource	Evidence usedCross-institutional time-based-media acquisition, loan, installation, and care guidance.
Exact sourceWhat Does a Media Conservator Do?	Date shown24 March 2015	Source typePractitioner essay	Evidence usedArtist interviews, equipment, installation, condition, and documentation practice.
Exact sourcePreserving the Technical History of Media Works	Date shown20 May 2015	Source typeConservation essay	Evidence usedTechnical process history, equipment details, settings, structured data, and authenticity.
Exact sourceMoMA.org Turns 20	Date shown25 May 2015	Source typeInstitutional web-archive essay	Evidence usedPreservation of institutional exhibition websites.

Whitney Museum of American Art

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceHistory of the Whitney	Date shownNot shown	Source typeInstitutional history	Evidence usedFounding, living-artist emphasis, and collection development.
Exact sourceWorks	Date shownCurrent catalogue	Source typeCollection interface	Evidence usedCollection scale and media-aware discovery.
Exact sourceartport	Date shownProgram launched 2001	Source typeCommission and archive portal	Evidence usedOnline commissions, exhibitions, collection presentations, and archive.
Exact sourceDouglas Davis: The World's First Collaborative Sentence	Date shownWork launched 1994; accessioned 1995	Source typeArtwork and conservation dossier	Evidence usedLive and historical manifestations, restoration, unresolved defects, credits, provenance, artist voice, and contribution route.
Exact sourceMedia Preservation Initiative	Date shownInitiative began 2018	Source typeConservation program	Evidence usedCollection-scale survey, cataloguing, preservation pipeline, and public templates.
Exact sourceConservation	Date shownNot shown	Source typeDepartment page	Evidence usedArtist documentation and cross-functional replication review.
Exact sourceOpen Access	Date shownNot shown	Source typeRights and data policy	Evidence usedNightly exports, stable identifiers, field limits, citation, and use.
Exact sourceAPI	Date shownNot shown	Source typeTechnical documentation	Evidence usedPublic endpoint structure and API-use guidance.
Exact sourceartport historical architecture	Date shownHistorical site	Source typeProgram archive page	Evidence usedEarlier artport categories and the program's durable public address.

Tate

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceNet Art Commissions, 1999–2021	Date shown1999–2021	Source typeArchive catalogue record	Evidence usedAccidental record loss; reconstruction sources, artificial order, method, and gaps.
Exact sourceIntermedia Art microsite	Date shownMicrosite 2008–2012; captured November 2019–February 2020	Source typeArchive catalogue record for a preserved website	Evidence usedConifer capture, WARC structure, external-link boundary, emulation, and failed content.
Exact sourceReshaping the Collectible	Date shown2018–2022	Source typeResearch project	Evidence usedResearch into mutable, networked, performative, and social works.
Exact sourceReshaping the Collectible: The Lives of Net Art	Date shown2021	Source typeResearch-project section	Evidence usedNamed net-art case-study cluster within the wider project.
Exact sourceNet Art: Dusty Navigational Pathways	Date shown2021	Source typeResearch case study	Evidence usedNet-art preservation and historical access.

Centre Pompidou

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceDivisions and departments	Date shownNot shown	Source typeOrganization page	Evidence usedCollection, research, documentation, interpretation, and publishing functions.
Exact sourceFilm and new media	Date shownCurrent collection page	Source typeCollection statement	Evidence usedCollection scope, technical medium descriptions, digitization, and original-format care.
Exact sourcePompidou+	Date shownCurrent portal	Source typeResearch and media portal	Evidence usedReproductions, dossiers, videos, podcasts, virtual exhibitions, and archives.
Exact sourceResearch	Date shownCurrent index	Source typeResearch-publication index	Evidence usedRoute into conservation, collection, and art-historical research.
Exact sourceIcône — Vera Molnar	Date shownWork dated 1964	Source typeCollection record	Evidence usedExample of the object-page structure cited in the comparative essay: identity, acquisition, inventory number, credit, bibliography, and related works.
Exact sourceSans titre — Vera Molnar	Date shownWork dated 1970	Source typeCollection record	Evidence usedObject identity, acquisition, display history, bibliography, and related works.
Exact sourceZapping Zone, Chris Marker	Date shownResearch program 2019–2022	Source typeConservation research case	Evidence usedDocumentation, obsolete equipment, migration questions, artist intent, and restoration research.
Exact sourceErreur 404: une histoire de l'exposition artistique en ligne	Date shown22 July 2025	Source typeResearch essay	Evidence usedOnline-exhibition history and the problem of absent, altered, and inaccessible web works.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceMedia Arts	Date shownDepartment established 1987	Source typeDepartment and collection page	Evidence usedDepartment history, collection fields, online works, publication, and preservation research.
Exact sourceMatters in Media Art	Date shownOctober 2015	Source typePractitioner essay	Evidence usedDormant and activated states, artist-specific acquisition questions, Team Media, and revised forms.
Exact sourceLearning to Love You More	Date shown2002–2009	Source typeCollection record	Evidence usedArtist, medium, credit, accession identity, and a distributed participatory work represented through a collection record.
Exact sourceTeam Media: In Action, in Contemplation	Date shownFebruary 2016	Source typePractitioner essay	Evidence usedTeam Media membership, working method, and cross-functional media-art care.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceThe Conserving Computer-Based Art Initiative	Date shown2014–2019	Source typeConservation initiative and resource set	Evidence usedSurvey, disk imaging, dependency mapping, source-code analysis, identity and iteration reports, treatment, collaboration, and public tools.
Exact sourceBrandon: credits and restoration	Date shownWork 1998–1999; restored 2016–2017	Source typeRestoration dossier	Evidence usedTechnical failures, migration, artist and restoration roles, and public access.
Exact sourceAbout net.flag	Date shownWork 2002; restored 2019	Source typeRestoration dossier	Evidence usedJava-to-JavaScript migration and artist and museum decisions.
Exact sourceSeeing Double: Emulation in Theory and Practice	Date shown2004	Source typeHistorical exhibition page	Evidence usedHistorical context for variable-media preservation and emulation.

ZKM | Center for Art and Media

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceFounding & History	Date shownPlanning from 1984; founded 1989	Source typeInstitutional history	Evidence usedPlanning, “Konzept ’88,” and institutional foundation.
Exact sourceDevelopment and Philosophy	Date shownNot shown	Source typeInstitutional history	Evidence usedIntegrated museum, collection, research, studio, and performance concept.
Exact sourceWissen	Date shownDepartment formed 2017	Source typeDepartment page	Evidence usedIntegrated collection, archives, and research department; artist and theorist archives.
Exact sourceLaboratory for Antiquated Video Systems	Date shownFounded 2004	Source typeConservation laboratory page	Evidence usedWorking historical equipment, format digitization, documentation, and analog and digital preservation.
Exact sourceRestoration of Electronic and Digital Art	Date shownNot shown	Source typeConservation department page	Evidence usedInterdisciplinary team and method development.
Exact sourceWipe Cycle	Date shownOriginal 1969; reconstruction captions differ	Source typeCollection record	Evidence usedOriginal and reconstruction relation, components, code, contributors, primary documentation, and unresolved date discrepancy.
Exact sourceDigital Art Conservation	Date shown2013	Source typeConservation anthology	Evidence usedInterdisciplinary case-study method.
Exact sourceThe ZKM Collection	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeCollection statement	Evidence usedInstitutionally reported collection fields and scale.
Exact sourceCollection and Archives	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeCollection and archive portal	Evidence usedArchival and access structure.
Exact sourceThe collection and preservation of digital cultural heritage	Date shownNot shown	Source typeResearch feature	Evidence usedInterdisciplinary digital-art preservation and reconstructed Wipe Cycle context.

Ars Electronica

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceAbout Ars Electronica	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeInstitutional overview	Evidence usedFestival, Prix, Center, Futurelab, education, partner, and Solutions structure.
Exact sourceEcosystem – About Ars Electronica	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeInstitutional self-description	Evidence usedArs Electronica's own “ecosystem” framing and the distinction among cultural, research, education, and client-facing units.
Exact sourceAbout the Ars Electronica Archive	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeArchive methodology	Evidence usedInstitutionally reported physical and digital holdings, formats, metadata, backup, access conditions, and research purpose.
Exact sourceArs Electronica Archive	Date shownCurrent database	Source typeArchive interface	Evidence usedSearchable Prix submissions, publications, audiovisual records, projects, and thematic archives.
Exact sourceWebsites	Date shownCurrent project page	Source typeWeb-preservation program	Evidence usedPreservation and repair of historical Ars Electronica websites.
Exact sourceSpaxels	Date shownProject began 2012	Source typeProject dossier	Evidence usedChronology, technical system, artistic rationale, collaborators, selected research, and code.
Exact sourceHistory – Ars Electronica Futurelab	Date shownCurrent history page	Source typeInstitutional chronology	Evidence used1979 Festival, 1987 Prix, and 1996 Center and Futurelab chronology.
Exact sourceResearching the Future	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeResearch-program description	Evidence usedCenter as a public research environment joining exhibition, laboratory, artists, scientists, and visitors.
Exact sourceOrganization	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeOrganization page	Evidence usedLegal and operating structure across Ars Electronica units.
Exact sourceArs Electronica Futurelab	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeResearch-and-development unit page	Evidence usedPublicly described remit and project route for Futurelab.

Rhizome and the New Museum

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceRhizome	Date shownFounded 1996	Source typeInstitutional overview	Evidence usedFounding, New Museum affiliation, commissions, scholarship, and preservation remit.
Exact sourceRhizome	Date shownArchive page updated 3 August 2026	Source typeInstitutional archive record	Evidence usedNew Museum affiliation, organizational history, and public-program record.
Exact sourceRhizome	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeProgram portal	Evidence usedCurrent routes to artworks, preservation, commissions, editorial work, and public programs.
Exact sourceFrequently Asked Questions	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeProgram policy	Evidence usedCuratorial selection and open-call routes for commissions, online exhibitions, and ArtBase accessions.
Exact sourceThe Rhizome Archive — Rhizome Digest	Date shown27 September 2003	Source typePrimary institutional announcement	Evidence usedNew Museum affiliate arrangement, retained organizational identity and programs, and administrative support.
Exact sourceArtBase: About	Date shownArtBase established 1999; relaunch 2021	Source typeArchive policy and methodology	Evidence usedArchive scope, accession-policy phases, variants, Linked Open Data, Wikibase, rights, and known biases.
Exact sourceArtBase: User Guide	Date shownNot shown	Source typeTechnical documentation	Evidence usedSPARQL, exports, linked data, and queryable relationships.
Exact sourceMy Boyfriend Came Back From the War (Q3933)	Date shownWork 1996; accessioned 25 August 2001	Source typeArtwork and variant record	Evidence usedWork identity linked to hosted, external, emulated, and documentary variants.
Exact sourceMy Boyfriend Came Back From the War	Date shownWork 1996	Source typeCurrent artwork and variant record	Evidence usedNested frames, click behavior, outside link, cloned variant, capture date, and emulated environment.
Exact sourceThe Making of Net Art Anthology: New from Rhizome and Google Arts & Culture	Date shown28 January 2019	Source typeResearch and conservation essay	Evidence usedResearch, restoration, open-source tools, exhibition, and public preservation matrix.
Exact sourceARTBASE ARCHIVE: CONTEXT & HISTORY	Date shown2020	Source typeResearch report	Evidence usedPartial institutional history, accession phases, interface, and known collection bias.
Exact sourceARTBASE REDESIGN DATA MODELS	Date shown2020	Source typeData-model report	Evidence usedProcessual works, variants, provenance, and Wikibase modeling.
Exact sourceConifer Twilight Announcement	Date shown15 December 2025	Source typeService-transition notice	Evidence usedMay and June 2026 service exit, WACZ export, self-hosting, and Browsertrix migration options.
Exact sourceConifer Twilight: Changing to read-only mode, webinar on May 21st	Date shown6 May 2026	Source typeService-transition notice	Evidence usedSubscription stop, June tombstone plan, and migration and self-hosting discussion.
Exact sourceTwilight Webinar Recap	Date shown22 May 2026	Source typeService-transition report	Evidence usedBeta tombstone state, replayweb.page, WACZ export, Browsertrix and self-hosting options, and identified feature losses.
Exact sourceConifer	Date shownCurrent landing page	Source typeService-status notice	Evidence usedRead-only state and disabled collection creation and modification before discontinuation.

Serpentine Arts Technologies

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceR&D Platform	Date shownNot shown	Source typeProgram statement	Evidence usedStated remit for creative research, prototypes, policy, strategy, and cross-sector participation.
Exact sourceBlockchain	Date shownCurrent page	Source typeProgram statement	Evidence usedArts Technologies program structure and Legal Lab placement.
Exact sourceLegal Lab	Date shownSeptember 2019–ongoing	Source typeResearch-program archive	Evidence usedListed legal research, participants, events, reports, recordings, and downloads.
Exact sourceFuture Art Ecosystems	Date shownSeries began July 2020	Source typeStrategic-briefing series	Evidence usedProspective research on cultural infrastructure, including decentralized systems and interoperability.
Exact sourceFuture Art Ecosystems 5: Art x Creative R&D	Date shown19 June 2025	Source typeStrategic briefing	Evidence usedA specific argument for creative R&D as public infrastructure.
Exact sourceFuture Art Ecosystems 3: Art x Decentralised Tech Launch	Date shown25 November 2022	Source typeReport-launch page	Evidence usedInterviews, prospective strategies, interoperability question, and Pol.is workshop.
Exact sourceFuture Art Ecosystems: Art x Decentralised Tech (FAE3)	Date shown2022	Source typeStrategic-briefing artifact	Evidence usedAuthorship, contributor apparatus, systems comparison, and prospective research argument.
Exact sourceFuture Art Ecosystems 3: Art x Decentralised Tech — Report Launch	Date shownNot shown	Source typeRecorded report launch	Evidence usedSerpentine's concise description of the report and download route.
Exact sourceCreative AI Lab	Date shown9 July 2020–ongoing	Source typeResearch and learning program	Evidence usedArtist research, tools, learning resources, workshops, and public interfaces.
Exact sourceI DIDNT REALISE YOU THOUGHT LIKE THAT	Date shown21 May 2026–ongoing	Source typeCommission page	Evidence usedWeb and mobile access, subtitles, community development process, production credits, and the artist's “living archive” description.
Exact sourceThe Legal Ambiguities of Art Collaborations and their Compatibility with NFTs	Date shown27 May 2021	Source typeLegal Lab research paper	Evidence usedCollaborative authorship, platform terms, minting and sale, royalties, moral rights, credit, recommendations, and legal-advice limitation.
Exact sourceGabriel Massan: Third World: The Bottom Dimension	Date shownReleased 23 June 2023	Source typeCommission page	Evidence usedUnreal Engine medium, free PC download, collaborative production, and stated Web3 distribution strategy.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceWhat does conserving the digital look like?	Date shown6 November 2025	Source typeConservation case study	Evidence usedShaping Form, studio development, disk imaging, fixity, source analysis, active and dormant condition, and preservation planning.
Exact sourceKeeping the future in focus: how the V&A is preserving the digital	Date shownNot shown	Source typeConservation-program essay	Evidence usedDigital-preservation program, removable media, authenticity, documentation, storage, and current limits.
Exact sourceRedesigning the V&A's Collections Online	Date shown2019	Source typeDigital-design case study	Evidence usedUser research, seven source systems, and object pages as navigation dead ends.
Exact sourceWhy things fail and why it matters: some challenges for digital collecting today — Part 2	Date shown16 August 2023	Source typeDigital-collecting essay	Evidence usedFailure, dependency, documentation, and care questions in digital collecting.
Exact sourceRapid Response Collecting	Date shownProgram began 2014	Source typeCollecting-program page	Evidence usedCollecting current design and public events through a stated method.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceArt + Tech Lab	Date shownCurrent program; historical program 1967–1971	Source typeProgram and archive portal	Evidence usedCurrent program, original catalogue, artist projects, and public outputs.
Exact sourceMETAVASARELY and An Empty Room	Date shown2020	Source typeCommission page	Evidence usedCasey Reas's commission and its relation to Victor Vasarely's unrealized LACMA proposal.
Exact sourceIntroducing METAVASARELY and An Empty Room, A Two-Part Digital Work by Casey Reas	Date shown13 February 2023	Source typeArtist interview and project feature	Evidence usedHistorical proposal, software simulation, two-part work, and online and gallery presentation.
Exact sourceExamining the Life and Times of Media Art	Date shown23 January 2024	Source typePractitioner essay	Evidence usedArtist intent, authority, obsolescing technology, resources, advocacy, and cross-functional time-based-media care.
Exact sourceNew Acquisition: The Cozomo de' Medici Collection	Date shown24 February 2023	Source typeAcquisition announcement	Evidence usedBlockchain-art acquisitions and institutionally reported work on standards across curatorial, preservation, registration, and lab functions.
Exact sourceLACMA Acquires Largest Collection of Blockchain Artworks	Date shown13 February 2023	Source typePress release	Evidence usedGift scale and the stated ambition to develop preservation standards and techniques.

Metropolitan Museum of Art and Getty editorial infrastructure

These sources support the two profiles and the aggregate publication standard.

Exact source	Date shown	Source type	Evidence used
Exact sourceMetropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access dataset	Date shownRepository history	Source typePublic dataset and documentation	Evidence usedCC0 collection data, incomplete-record notice, update practice, attribution, and derived-data disclosure.
Exact sourceMetropolitan Museum of Art, Everything #4	Date shown2004	Source typeCollection record	Evidence usedLayered object interpretation, artist-preferred display evidence, notes, provenance, exhibition history, and references.
Exact sourceMetropolitan Museum of Art, Salvator Mundi	Date shownca. 1500	Source typeCollection record	Evidence usedOverview, catalogue entry, technical notes, provenance, exhibition history, references, open data, and feedback on one object page.
Exact sourceMetropolitan Museum of Art, Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History	Date shownCurrent publication	Source typeScholarly publication	Evidence usedExpert-authored essays, chronologies, and updating practice.
Exact sourceMetropolitan Museum of Art, MetPublications	Date shownCurrent catalogue	Source typePublication archive	Evidence usedSearchable access to the Museum's books and catalogues.
Exact sourceMetropolitan Museum of Art, After Three Hundred Years of Fading, a Dutch Masterpiece Is Digitally Restored	Date shown20 June 2019	Source typeConservation feature	Evidence usedImaging method, reconstruction choices, qualified result, and retained uncertainty.
Exact sourceGetty, Getty API Documentation	Date shownCurrent portal	Source typeLinked-data documentation	Evidence usedEntry point for Getty data services and models.
Exact sourceGetty, Getty Museum Collection API Documentation	Date shownLast updated 21 March 2022	Source typeTechnical documentation	Evidence usedLinked Art JSON-LD, IIIF, ActivityStreams, SPARQL, scale, and incompleteness warning.
Exact sourceGetty, Getty Provenance Index API Documentation	Date shownNot shown	Source typeTechnical documentation	Evidence usedProvenance Index API and research path.
Exact sourceGetty Museum, Research on Museum Collection Provenance	Date shownNot shown	Source typeProvenance methodology	Evidence usedDate syntax, transaction language, source notes, qualified ownership, and gaps.
Exact sourceGetty Museum, Hunting on the Lagoon (recto); Letter Rack (verso)	Date shownUpdated 2 June 2026	Source typeCollection record	Evidence usedProvenance, bibliography, exhibitions, identifiers, API and SPARQL links, and update notice.
Exact sourceGetty Research Institute, Getty Vocabularies	Date shownCurrent portal	Source typeVocabulary documentation	Evidence usedSources, contributors, variants, relationships, multilingual terms, disputed terminology, and linked data.
Exact sourceGetty Foundation, Museum Catalogues in the Digital Age	Date shown2017	Source typeResearch report	Evidence usedOnline scholarly-catalogue research, multiple reading paths, updating, rights, citation, and open publication.
Exact sourceGetty Publications, Getty Research Journal	Date shownCurrent journal	Source typePeer-reviewed publication	Evidence usedOpen-access, multi-format scholarship and explicit image-rights treatment.
Exact sourceGetty Research Institute, Search Tools and Databases	Date shownCurrent portal	Source typeResearch-infrastructure portal	Evidence usedVocabularies, provenance, bibliographies, finding aids, linked open data, and research infrastructure.

Revision history

1.1.1 — 2026-08-04: corrected the public source-inventory count and replaced internal validation language with a reader-facing account of the register.
1.1.0 — 2026-08-04: retained the detailed original register, bound the expanded source notes to a deterministic 237-source manuscript inventory, and documented the no-duplication apparatus.
1.0.1 — 2026-08-04: pre-publication review corrected the Tate microsite chronology and distinguished Conifer's May subscription closure, June replacement plan, and current service notice.
1.0.0 — 2026-08-04: initial source register.

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