TALKS

2022

“Conservation Documentation in Theory and Practice.” Presented online at Reflections and Projections: Time-Based Media Art Conservation Education and Outreach, Institute of Fine Arts – New York University, New York, 1 July 2022.

2021

“In the Shadow of the State: Collecting Performance at IMMA and Institutions of Care in the Irish Context.” Co-authored paper with Claire Walsh presented at Performance: The Ethics and the Politics of Care, Bern University of the Arts, 29-30 May 2021.

2020

“Archives LIVE: Conservation In Motion.” Presentation and public artist interview with Jaki Irvine, aemi & Irish Museum of Modern Art, 21 October 2020. https://soundcloud.com/imma-ireland/imma-and-aemi-archives-live-conservation-in-motion-with-jaki-irvine-brian-castriota#t=11:54

2020

“Object Trouble: Constructing and Performing Artwork Identity in the Museum.” Online audio essay programmed in conjunction with the exhibition IMMA Archive: 1990s, From the Edge to the Centre, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 4 September 2020. https://imma.ie/whats-on/talks-online-brian-castriota-object-trouble/

2019

“In Conversation: Katie Paterson, Brian Castriota, and Lucy Askew.” Artist talk held at the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, 26 October 2019.

2017

“Towards a Collection of Artists’ Moving Image in Scotland: Collection Care, Maintenance, and Preservation.” Lecture delivered at LUX Scotland symposium, The Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, 25 July 2017.

2015

“Examination and Code Analysis of Siebren Versteeg’s Untitled Film II (2004).” Presented at TechFocus III: Caring for Software-Based Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 24 September 2015.

2013

“Time-Based Media and the Mediation of Time: Equipment Significance and Obsolescence in Diana Thater’s The Bad Infinite.” Presented at the Mellon Research Initiative Colloquium Archaeology, Heritage, and the Mediation of Time, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, New York, 13 April 2013.