PANEL 1: CONSERVING & PRESERVING
Panel Chair: Dr. Patricia Smithen
Embracing Variability: preserving the continuity of live performance
Johannah Lamond-Hallett
Johannah Lamond-Hallett holds a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Art History and Ancient World Studies. She is also a recent graduate from a Masters of Cultural Materials Conservation from the University of Melbourne, Australia, specialising in Performance Art and Time-Based Media. Her areas of research include methodologies for institutional knowledge transfer, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the preservation of at-risk born-digital media formats. Johannah works in Digital Preservation, exploring and navigating the challenges of complex media and evolving preservation methodologies.
Unknown Hazards: South Pacific Tools and Weaponry
Sonia Gaiess
Sonia Gaiess is an art historian, appraiser and emerging Conservator. She graduated from the University of Winnipeg in 2022 with the Gold Medal for Achievement in the Honours History of Art and Architecture Program. She has been working in the heritage field since 2019, with collection management, exhibition development and public programming at various institutions. She has also had the opportunity to mentor students and volunteers through her work in these settings. Sonia has been an active member of the Winnipeg arts community for many years and has enjoyed serving as a board member, advisor, collaborator and volunteer with a cross-section of groups and artists. She is currently attending Queen’s University’s Master of Art Conservation program with a specialty in Artifacts.
Preserving and Transforming Beginnings: Alan Sonfist’s Time Landscape
Joonsoo Park
