VULNERABLE MEDIA LAB

The Vulnerable Media Lab (VML) is a state-of-the-art historic media transfer, remediation, and restoration research lab... The work in the state-of-the-art Vulnerable Media Lab is grounded in the understanding that audio-visual cultural heritage has been unequally cared for and that the cultural practices of women and Indigenous peoples are in particular need of a dedicated archival focus and framework... A key objective of the project is to work with "born digital media" alongside a variety of "obsolete" and "marginal" media, all of which share their own kinds of material vulnerabilities. The researchers aim to develop methods and processes to ensure this media art history is preserved and made available according to culturally specific and ethically driven forms of access, thus engaging in new conversations about cultural heritage.