Last Friday, June 7th, I was in Copenhagen at Statens Museum for Konst, to speak to Merete Sanderhof about how they are using their digitised collections, as research for my Masters dissertation. She was kind enough to get me a ticket to their current exhibition Flowers and Worldviews which includes pages from the Gottofor Codex. (Interestingly they have removed the pages from two of the four books to frame and display them - but that maybe the topic of a different post about ethics). The exhibition also features a small conservators studio (see photo). The same space included a table with headphones and a video of the conservator at work. Times when the conservator would be working were clearly posted, and visitors were invited to send questions by email or twitter. Why my sudden interest in advocacy? I am currently also part of the project team that is planning the NKF-S course 17-18 October: Media and Politics, the conservator as opinion builder. Click on the link to find out more information, register to come and join us. One of the workshop leaders is Amy Drago from the British Museum who will talk about her experience of conservation in front of the public. There will also be workshops on rhetoric, social media tools, lobbying, answering journalists questions and much more.
Conservation Studio as part of the exhibition, SMK Copenhagen, photograph by Anna Stow Jun 2013
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