Imi Knoebel
1940-1996
We set out to preserve the artwork's authenticity by trying to leave the original image content unchanged, by not altering any sequences or edits and by not enhancing any of the image characteristics, such as colour or contrast. Another of the guidelines was to remove image errors caused by ageing, but keeping the defects caused by the technical limitations at the time of production. The last point was the documentation of the restoration process, which had to be as accurate as possible to allow for the identification of the restoration performed. With this aim a thorough documentation of each restored artwork was produced. The reversibility of the intervention was safeguarded by keeping an unrestored copy of all digitized files. The other works in this category were restored using Diamant software (HS-Art), and they include Bettina Gruber and Maria Vedder's "Der Herzschlag des Anubis", Franziska Megert's "Sweet Dressing" and Wolf Vostell's "Sun in your head" in its video version. The treatment was limited to the retouching of drop-outs and other image errors, which could be done manually with Diamant. The errors were marked one by one, the correct settings tested, and once this…
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