Wexner Center for the Arts

The Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University will develop an open-access digital catalog and archive of 400 media artworks created by 300 artists in its Film/Video Studio over the last 25 years. Works will be digitized in a consistent, high-quality format on a platform with the capacity to stream films, and the collection's long-term preservation will be ensured. Conducted in consultation with metadata and digitization specialists at OSU Libraries and the History of Art department as well as colleagues across the country, the project will put into place not only a process for building on this archive but also a road map for other kinds of cataloging and digitization at the center and other museums. The archive will constitute a cross-section of the trends, patterns, and concerns of contemporary media artists for use by students, museums, libraries, artists, filmmakers, film aficionados, and the general public.