Art Disaster Planning in a Polycrisis World
Barbara Dal CorsoIn 2008, floodwater inundated the University of Iowa Museum of Art in Iowa City. Employees evacuated most of the 12,400 items in the collection, and they remained without a permanent…
Artclones: Pathways to Cultural Regeneration
In their recent book Regeneration: The Future of Community in a Permacrisis World, Christian Sarkar, Philip Kotler, and Enrico Foglia include cultural regeneration as one of the 9 domains of…
Art Resilience in Times of Crisis: How the ARTvault™ Safeguards Cultural Heritage
In a polycrisis world, our sculptural masterpieces face various dangers that can threaten their preservation and integrity. Some of the common dangers include: Physical damage: Sculptures are susceptible to physical…
The Artclone Effect: The Transformation of Interior Space (Considerations for the Designer)
The artclone can have a transformative impact on interior space, enriching and altering the interior in various ways. For designers, here are some thought on how an artclone transforms interior…
The ARTvault: Digitizing our Cultural Legacy
Our definition of an artclone is meant to explain the difference between the official replica of a masterpiece and a 3D-printed replica - a copy that resembles the original, but…
The Artclone: At the intersection of Art, History, and Technology
In a previous post, we defined an artclone™ as follows: noun. an officially-licensed replica which preserves the form, integrity, and cultural value of an original sculptural masterpiece. But in terms art-history, we have to ask…
The Bust of Caesar Augustus
After 83 years, the bust of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian Augustus – the first Roman emperor and founder of Pax Romana – has returned to the place of its discovery: the…
African Legacy: The Baga Nimba
The Baga peoples of Guinea have long inspired the world through their cultural legacy. In fact, artists like Picasso and Matisse were inspired by the masks of Western Africa, and it is fitting that we are…
Digital Rights Management for 3D-printed Works
In the digital age, regulating the infinite possibilities of the internet is seen as a limitation on the boundless freedom that it provides. However, as the use and influence of…
The Artclone Mission: Cultural Regeneration & Sustainability
Cultural Regeneration The artclone creates new possibilities for local and national cultural expression. At artficial, we view our primary purpose as cultural regeneration – to protect, preserve, promote, and revitalize the sculptural legacy…
The Artclone Effect: the Intersection of Culture & Technology
Museums represent a major social investment in communities and society. The function of a museum is more than a repository of valuable objects. A museum is a social and cultural…
What is an Artclone?
Our definition: artclone™: noun. an officially-licensed replica which preserves the form, integrity, and cultural value of an original sculptural masterpiece. Artcloning™ is suitable for statues or busts, and other physical objects. The…
2023: The Return of Sculpture
Our research team is monitoring a trend we think will pick up even more steam in 2023: a spectacular resurgence in the decorative and architectural use of figurative art -…