How to care for a work that is still changing

Most conservation is about keeping things the same. With work made now, that is not always the point.

Talking to the artist

For every work we ask the artist what can change and what cannot. Lucía Ferrer is happy for her wool to fade. Elliot Marsh wants his clock to keep ticking, even if it needs new motors.

Writing it down

Those answers go into the file for each work, so the next museum knows too.