[game_preservation] EFGAMP and Art History of Videogames

[Andreas Lange]

Dear Devin and all,

the "failiure" is on my side since I am a member of the SIG and an 
initiator of EFGAMP, too. The reason, why I hestitated to announce it 
more broadly was, that the foundation haven't took place formally yet. 
In February we just announced that we plan to found an European games 
preservation association. Now we have to work everything out. It might 
be matter of mentality but personally I tend to announce things, which 
are fixed. With that I don't want to say, that EFGAMP is not a serious 
approach. The opposite is the case. But sometimes it helps to pepare 
things in a more relaxed atmosphere, without to high expectations from a 
broader public.
I hope it explains a little bit. It is not a principle matter, only one 
of timing. Of course the SIG would have been informed and potentially 
involved in the one or other way in time. But please feel free also now 
to ask me any questions about EFAMP you are wondering about...

Andreas

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Am 17.05.2012 17:28, schrieb Devin Monnens:

> First off, I wanted to post this here on the list. Yes, I knew about it for

> about a month now, but have been so busy with moving and a new job that I

> haven't had time to sit down and actually READ the article to give some

> sort of meaningful summary of it.

>

> http://www.aiomi.it/news/efgamp-joining-forces-to-preserve-gaming-legacy/?goback=%2Egmp_4158855%2Egde_4158855_member_103892326

>

> Basically, EFGAMP is Europe's answer to game preservation. This article

> announces its launch and gives a detailed summary of everyone involved in

> the project.

>

> The thing is, while I know a lot of you here should know about it, I am

> VERY surprised that it was never announced on the mailing list (or at least

> I never saw it). I don't really see any involvement with the SIG in this

> for that reason, and I think that's a bad thing, especially when we see one

> of the bullet points farther down:

>

>     - Network with other digital preservation communities worldwide

>

> So yeah, that international game preservation network is something a bit

> far off. I'm not blaming it on EFGAMP or the SIG, but I would have thought

> the SIG would have talked about it sooner (or was that at the GDC meeting I

> missed?).

>

> Anyway, in relation to this is an interview from December with Chris

> Melissinos. Is he on our list?

>

> http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/701849/qa-chris-melissinos-curator-of-the-smithsonians-art-of-video-games-exhibition/

>

>

> Here's the section dealing directly with preservation:

>

> *G4: So we should expect an entire video game wing of the Smithsonian in

> the near future?*

>

> CM: If I had my way, absolutely. And depending on the success of this, it

> could be the very first step. And more than just the Smithsonian American

> Art Museum. I see a real opportunity to create an advisory body or

> consortium that drives a global standard for curation, information

> gathering and collection. Adhering to this, we could still have the private

> collections, and at the same time, able to cross-reference each other, so

> we can get a holistic view, globally, of the entire industry.

>

> And honestly, this sort of database was something I'd been interested in

> doing for awhile. I started research on the database of preservation

> institutions around the world, but I have to admit I never really got the

> ball rolling on that one (online database is the trouble, and I know I'd

> briefly discussed with Andrew on this). I think the EFGAMP project shows

> that the Europeans are already taking that step forward.

>

> My opinion was that we should:

>

>     - a) provide a space for international conversation about preservation

>     of games (basically, where anybody who is doing anything with preservation

>     can share ideas) and

>     - b) use that network to build the database. (i.e. Who is doing what,

>     and what still needs to be done)

>

> Any thoughts on this?

>

>

>

>

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