Ben Fino-Radin

Ben Fino-Radin is a museum professional specializing in the preservation of digital contemporary art and cultural heritage. At The Museum of Modern Art Ben serves as Digital Repository Manager in the Department of Conservation, and he also serves as an adjunct professor in NYU’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program. Fino-Radin holds an MS in information science and an MFA in digital art from Pratt Institute.

Contributions

The Archival Impulse: Collecting and Conserving the Moving Image in Asia

Since the 1950s, there has been an active production of experimental film, animation, and video art in Asia. Yet, much of this work has not been consistently conserved or shared with the public due to the lack of accessible archives or organized collections dedicated to its preservation and dissemination. The conference “The Archival Impulse: Collecting…