[game_preservation] game conservation at MoMA

[Henry Lowood]

Hi Helen,
I'm going to a meeting in Kyoto this week about game preservation, and I 
think this may be one of the discussion topics.  James Newman will also 
be speaking there.
Best,
Henry


On 1/15/2013 2:45 PM, Helen Stuckey wrote:

> Thanks Alex very interesting.

>

> Nintendo can be tricky to deal with regarding the exhibition and 

> preservation of their work by cultural  institutions.

> If anyone does have the ear of senior Nintendo personal perhaps 

> suggest to them how great it would be if Nintendo had a dedicated 

> archivist and historian in house. This would make it much easier for 

> museums when dealing with them  and I am sure it would also assist 

> Nintendo in monetising their history in a way that their fans would be 

> more appreciative of.

>

>

>

>

> On 16 January 2013 08:52, Alex Handy <alex at themade.org 

> <mailto:alex at themade.org>> wrote:

>

>     Some tidbits from my chat with Paul Galloway, at the NY MOMA.

>

>     First of all, the reason the MOMA put the games in the design gallery

>     is that the design team just wanted it more. It's not a reflection on

>     games in any way: the design gallery has existed as long as the MOMA.

>     The team there were just the first to want to do this, so they got it.

>

>     Second, they want to show this stuff without nostalgia, and for people

>     to appreciate them as works of art and engineering. To this end, the

>     games will likely be playable as a monitor embedded in a white wall,

>     very stark.

>

>     Third, they have the rights to some of the games' source code, but not

>     many, and typically, the rights disallow the showing of said source

>     code to anyone, anywhere. I made a very big case for why they needed

>     to use the source code in their displays, to show off the engineering,

>     and that interpreting that for the public would be their biggest

>     challenge.

>

>     They really don't understand software over there. They don't know what

>     they're gonna do with all the code they got, or with any of the

>     physical assets. But they recognize the artistry and need for

>     preservation. Paul is a smart fellow but he could use help getting

>     ahold of Nintendo and other orgs that are a bit too big to communicate

>     with.

>

>

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