This week was the IADA conference in Warsaw, which we were able to take off form class and attend. This was my first IADA conference as they do not happen every year. This year it took place in Warsaw and was hosted by the Polin Museum. I attended almost all of the lectures and ended up doing a tour of the Art Academy and their conservation faculty.
Of the schedule: Monday through Thursday were filled with lectures in the auditorium, while Friday was left open to workshops and tours. I had originally signed up for a workshop which was focused on finding internships and jobs within Germany, however, the workshop was canceled several weeks ago and I instead signed up for the faculty tour. I was able to speak to the original hostess of the Germany workshop, and she still was kind enough to give me advice and teach me a bit about the field within Germany.
While I learned something from almost every lecture, it would be too much work to detail it all. Instead, here are some of the lectures I found very interesting throughout the week.
Monday
Some of my favorite lectures on Monday included:
Maren Drummler's 'How to become a stamp counterfeiter? Identifying forgery on stamps- an insight report'
Stefania Signorello's 'Colour and Healing - Wellcome Collection's Pharmacy of Colour'
(of which, my classmates and I were disappointed to find out that the exhibit was already over)
Roger S. Williams' 'Optically Cleared repair tissues: A method for low opacity mends on translucent papers'
Tuesday
Some favorite lectures from Tuesday included:
Weronika Liszewska's 'Which fibre for parchment leafcasting? Comprehensive comparison of calfskin and goatskin parchment fibers and their possibilities for the conservation of historic parchments'
Tomasz Kozielec's 'Electrostatic cleaning of objects on paper base'
Salvador Munoz Vinas' 'The pleural system: A tool for paper flattening and lining'
Ute Henniges' 'Survey of Bleaching: What are current practices?'
Wednesday
Some favorite lectures from Wednesday included:
Leila Sauvage's 'The handmade blue paper project: An interdisciplinary low-tech approach to studying material culture'
Aafke Weller and Matte Peters' 'The animator's archive: A whole new set of preservation challenges'
Benjamin Kirchner's 'Light emitting diodes (LED): A new source of radiation for light bleaching of paper'
Johanna Ziegler's 'Testing Aquazol: An evaluation of its suitability for the use in paper conservation'
Thursday
Some favorite lectures from Thursday included:
Calia R Bockmuehl's 'Woven fabrics in book conservation: An investigation into the properties of areolinen and aerocotton'
Megumi Mizumura's 'Innovative Adaption: Journeys from traditional Japan to the West'
Friday
On Friday was the tour of the Art Institute faculty and their conservation department. Photos will be placed below.
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