Keeping digital art interactive.
Solutions for supporting digital artists, exhibitors and collectors.
We support artists in reviving and protecting their interactive digital art from ongoing technology obsolescence.
We create computing environments to enable presentation of art in the form intended by the artist.
We provide ongoing support and create installations compatible with the changes in the computing ecosystem.
We support different ways of distributing art installations based on artists’ preferences and the exhibitors’ and collectors’ needs.
We provide installation services to support faithful display of digital art as intended by the artist and preferred by the exhibitor and collection.
Installations are delivered on portable devices and backed up by an installation instance in the Intact Digital data centre in the UK.
We enable distribution of digital pieces for temporary or long-term use. With that we contribute to the visibility and appreciation and appraisal of the digital art.
By enabling presentation and interaction with digital art, we contribute to its appraisal and increased valuation.
We provide secure storage of software environments and digital art installations to support artists, exhibitors and collectors in managing digital art pieces.
Our services provide assurance that interactive digital art will remain accessible and usable.
Interactive digital art is directly affected by the inevitable obsolescence of software and hardware.
Commercial operating systems are made obsolete within 7 - 10 years and software applications become obsolete as the providers stop security upgrades.
Non-secure software cannot be run on contemporary computers unless isolated in virtual machines.
Ensuring long-term use of interactive digital art requires constant risk assessment and reinstallation of computing environment to ensure that the art remains intact.
We work with artists on identifying technological requirements and quality criteria for the digital art presentation.
We create installers for software components and create digital art installations following artists’ instructions.
Our online Software Library stores all the required digital assets.
Installations are run on dedicated hardware, e.g., on portable minicomputers that are isolated to remain secure and stable.
Installations can be previewed on our Software Library and are periodically updated to ensure quality and make modifications to counter act inevitable software obsolescence.
Intact Digital is dedicated to enabling digital continuity of scientific knowledge and cultural heritage.
We work on techniques for running old software installations within the contemporary ecosystem, with optimal performance and user experience.
Digital installation inevitably change over time. Some software components become obsolete faster than others and their replacements may affect the way software can be used.
We promote a systematic approach to documenting the requirements, the approach, the implementation, and testing. Transferring that information to future exhibitors, curators, scholars and other stakeholders is key to preserve the value of digital artefacts.