Archiving Immersive Art: A Symposium on Preserving Immersive Media
Schedule
Fri Apr 17 2026 at 03:00 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC-07:00Location
USC | Los Angeles, CA
About this Event
Hosted by USC’s School of Cinematic Arts in collaboration with LACMA and the LA Media Art Archiving Association. The program brings together artists, archivists, scholars, and technologists to explore technological obsolescence, immersive media histories, and the afterlives of XR artworks.
Program Highlights
- Conversations between artists and archivists on preserving immersive works
- Talks on technological obsolescence and XR histories
- A curated exhibition of archival XR artworks & films
- Rare in-person viewing of the original Sensorama (1960) from USC HMH Moving Image Archive
Panels & Talks include:
› Artists + Archivists in Conversation
Russell Zych (LACMA), Peter Wu+, Gina Kim (UCLA), Wilde Davis (UCLA), and Dino Everett (USC)
› Who Owns the Afterlife of Technology?
Joey Heinen (LACMA), Jesse McCulloch (Snap), Mark Hellar, Rachel Falconer (Goldsmiths), and Ziyaad Bhorat (Mozilla Foundation)
› Is XR Emerging Media?
Scott Fisher (USC), Zeynep Abes (USC)
› Rewriting XR History: A Feminist Perspective
Mary Matheson (Agog), Vicki Callahan (USC) and Lily Baldwin
Where is it happening?
USC, 3470 McClintock Avenue, Los Angeles, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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