Re-collection: Art, New Media and Social Memoryby Richard Rinehart and Jon Ippolito. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. and London, England.
297 pp., b/w illus. 
ISBN: 9780262027007 (hc)

book Review: Michael Leggett for Leonardo Digital Reviews (2016) and Leonardo, Vol. 50, No. 2, April 2017: 224-224.Leonardo(MIT) journal, http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/10.1162/LEON_r_01398?ai=sy&ui=hfa6&a

2016

 Re-collection: Art, New Media and Social MemoryReferences artists from the late 20th Century, methods of storage, emulation, migration and reinterpretation employed are assessed in relation to particular artworks that have suffered from obsolescence; within analogue structures (from Flavin to Nam June Paik), and digital systems, (Silicon Graphics-based works by for instance Char Davies). The test for suitability of these methods is whether one or a combination will maintain the fundamental quality of the aesthetic experience as defined by the artist, with little or no concession made to the shortcomings of the tools employed to recreate that experience.