Call for papers: ICON Metals Group UK

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Icon Metals Group conference and Annual General Meeting

Call for Papers

"Metal in Motion: Conservation and Care of Kinetic Metal Objects"
Institute for Conservation (ICON) Metals Group Conference and Annual General Meeting
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Monday 16 November 2015

The Metals Group Committee invites abstracts of 250 words maximum to
be submitted by Monday 7 September 2015.

Contributions from public and private practitioners working with
kinetic metal objects are welcomed. Presentations of 20 minutes
will explore, normally through case studies, ethical and practical
challenges related to the operation and maintenance of moving metal
objects. We envision that the subject will cover a vast range of
objects including industrial machinery, sculptures, decorative arts
objects, scientific instruments and clocks.

Possible themes include, but are not limited to:

Ethical issues involved in running and maintaining dynamic
objects

Challenges related to treatment and display

Logistics of operating the objects

Decision-making and institutional policies regarding moving
objects

Conservation case studies

If you have experience treating moving metal objects please consider
submitting an abstract, up to 250 words, for oral presentation.
Please include presentation title and full name and institutional
affiliation of author.

Abstracts should be submitted to the group Chair, Nicola Emmerson
emmersonnj@cf.ac.uk by Monday 7 September 2015. Submissions will
be evaluated by the Metals Committee and successful applicants will
be notified by Friday 18 September 2015. Speakers (one per
presentation) will receive free entry to the conference.

See: http://icon.org.uk/events/icon-metals-g ... -in-motion

Cymbeline Storey
ICON Metals Group Committee