International Cooperation: A Project in Theory and Practice

Research in 1989, for a wider ranging project, led to the convening of a small international meeting in Amsterdam in March 1990 of people from nine European countries to discuss exchange of information and possible collaborations in the development and use of interactive multimedia. The first tangible outcome was the compilation and twice yearly publication (from January 1991 ) of the ITEM (Image Technology in European Museums and art galleries database (Pring (ed), 1991). The second outcome has been a series of papers and discussions internationally on matters relating to digital imaging and intellectual property rights (including copyright). A paper given at the CIDOC conference in Copenhagen, May 1991 led to the third outcome, the interactive multimedia: BRANCUSI Project - and to the change of name from European to International Visual Arts Information Network (IVAIN).