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What’S So Authentic About Restoration?, Remei Capdevila-Werning, Sue Spaid
What’S So Authentic About Restoration?, Remei Capdevila-Werning, Sue Spaid
Philosophy Faculty Publications and Presentations
When shown two identical works of art, and told that one is the original and the other an artist-sanctioned copy, most viewers claim that they prefer the ‘original’, precisely because they imagine that something of the artist’s hand remains. Knowing full well that most everything that is old, yet still exists, has undergone some form of restoration, we are surprised that some philosophers still share viewers’ preference for some original over its sanctioned copy, as if they too believe that something of the artist’s hand remains, even if paint molecules have chipped off or surfaces have been (unbeknownst to them) …
Constructing The Absent — Preservation And Restoration Of Architecture, Remei Capdevila-Werning
Constructing The Absent — Preservation And Restoration Of Architecture, Remei Capdevila-Werning
Philosophy Faculty Publications and Presentations
Architectural conservation aims to preserve, restore, and reconstruct damaged, decayed, and no longer extant buildings. This purpose entails that architectural conservation is constantly facing absence: a physical absence, when material parts are missing from a building, and an intangible one, when the physical absence stands for a missing people or culture. The role of preservationist interventions is to make all these absences present. This paper deals with the relationship of absence and presence in preservation practices. By examining several preservation processes, it aims to show the implicit and explicit ways in which absences are made present and also how the …