I am building or managing an art collection

For anyone buying, documenting, conserving, lending, selling or transferring artworks who wants to understand their provenance, condition, rights and circulation requirements.

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How to exhibit an artwork that depends on the internet or an API

How to exhibit a work that relies on the internet or an API: dependency mapping, caching, graceful degradation, data, security, costs, and service termination.

Verified on 18 October 2026
- digital art
- conservation
- digital infrastructure
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How to inventory a collection that mixes physical and digital artworks

Cómo registrar en un mismo inventario obras físicas, archivos, software, dispositivos, licencias, ubicaciones y relaciones entre componentes.

Verified on 18 October 2026
- digital art
- conservation
- digital infrastructure
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How to preserve a web-based artwork or net art project

Qué conservar de una obra web: dominio, DNS, código, servidor, base de datos, servicios, interacción, captura y prueba de reproducción, sin confundir captura y obra.

Verified on 18 October 2026
- digital art
- conservation
- digital infrastructure
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Obsolescence in digital artworks: migrating, emulating or reinterpreting

The four strategies for addressing digital artwork obsolescence (storage, migration, emulation and reinterpretation), the losses associated with each, and the decision-making process.

Verified on 17 October 2026
- digital art
- conservation
- artwork documentation
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How to make a digital or interactive artwork accessible

Cómo revisar barreras visuales, auditivas, motrices, cognitivas y sensoriales en una obra digital o interactiva sin confundir obra, web y centro cultural.

Verified on 18 October 2026
- accessibility
- digital art
- disability
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How to prepare creative code so that it can run again

What to preserve and document to ensure the code of a creative work remains executable: source and history, dependencies, external services, packaged environment, and reinstallation testing.

Verified on 17 October 2026
- digital art
- code
- conservation
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What to document in a generative work

What to document in a generative work: system, outputs, seed, parameters, what may vary and who decides, and a video of its behaviour.

Verified on 17 October 2026
- digital art
- generative art
- artwork documentation
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Buying digital art: files, rights, certificates and preservation

Qué puede recibir quien compra una obra digital: archivos, soporte, acceso, certificado, mantenimiento y licencia, con o sin token.

Verified on 18 October 2026
- digital art
- art collecting
- copyright
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How to write installation instructions for a technology-based artwork

Cómo redactar un manual para montar, configurar, probar, operar y desmontar una obra tecnológica sin depender de la memoria del artista.

Verified on 18 October 2026
- digital art
- conservation
- artwork documentation
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