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UNIDENTIFIED BOX—Speculative Conservation: AI and the Artistic Archive of Bagong Kussudiardja

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PSBK presents damaged Bagong sketches alongside ML/AI visual reinterpretation as speculative conservation,listing26June–26September2026;an institutional account,not an independent evaluation.

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RESEARCH NOTE

Media PSBK connects1950s–1990s sketches,digital recording,datasets and computational experiments,and raises ethics of preservation,technology and human authority. Sketch dates are not dates of AI production. Images,models,code,datasets and permissions unexamined;restoration accuracy unverified. Institution-selected comments are not independent reception;original sketches are not reattributed to AI. Publication dates unknown;Drive creation/modification9July2026 is not first publication.

Case chronology

Speculative-conservation collection exhibition

PSBK presents damaged Bagong sketches alongside ML/AI visual reinterpretation as speculative conservation,listing26June–26September2026;an institutional account,not an independent evaluation.

IndonesiaVisual artEVT-0531

Research question

Editorial: an arts-heritage institution frames AI reconstruction as contestable archival interpretation,documenting its entry into collection care and public access,without claims of firstness or general effectiveness.

Related documents

DOC-1540UNIDENTIFIED BOX—Speculative Conservation: AI and the Artistic Archive of Bagong KussudiardjaDOC-1541PSBK collection-exhibition press release

Sources

SRC-1614
SRC-1615
PSBK collection-exhibition press release

Padepokan Seni Bagong Kussudiardja (PSBK) · ID · Date unknown

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