THE 12TH CONFERENCE
OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
FOR THE CONSERVATION OF MOSAICS
Conservation and Presentation of Mosaics:
At What Cost?
Sassari - Alghero
27-31 October 2014
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to Sardinia and to the 12th
Conference of the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics.
The conference will take place at Sassari and Alghero and we are here at the
invitation of the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici per le province di
Sassari e Nuoro (Ministero dei Beni, delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo).
The conference would not have been possible without the support of the
University of Sassari, The Getty Foundation and the University of Cyprus, as
well as all the other local authorities and organisations whose logos feature
on the back cover of this booklet. I extend to all of them my most sincere
thanks and gratitude.
For deciding on the theme of the conference, the Scientific Committee met
and, as on previous occasions, discussed several topics related to mosaic
conservation. One of the themes that has been cropping up for a number
of years now is that of Cost – cost understood in its wider sense. For this
reason we have decided to dedicate this 12th conference of the ICCM to
”Conservation and Presentation of Mosaics: At What Cost?”.
The cost of conservation and presentation of mosaics is usually defied in
financial terms. This may entail preventive measures such as maintenance,
or remedial ones such as stabilisation. In fact, the act of conservation
and presentation exacts many different costs, which may be beneficial or
detrimental to mosaic heritage:
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Conservation decisions are heavily influenced by the financial resources
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display of mosaics and their original context, as well as the implementation
of preventive conservation measures. What types of approaches mitigate
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these compromises to reach ethical and sustainable solutions? What is the
acceptable limit of such compromises?
There are no exemplary models for costing mosaic conservation, particularly
for mosaics in situ on archaeological sites, where monetary costs are often
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The conference has invited presentations of the financial planning and
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and in museums. It also aims to explore how social and political decisions
may have a positive or a negative impact on the conservation of mosaics.
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is hoped that the ICCM conference will once again become a forum for
dialogue and exchange of knowledge between different professionals with
different backgrounds and specialisations.
We are on a very beautiful island full of archaeological treasures and stunning
landscapes, some of which we will be visiting. So, with specialists from
around 35 countries, and 42 oral and 41 poster presentations this promises
to be an exciting, productive and pleasurable meeting.
Demetrios Michaelides
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Programme
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Sunday, October 26
Sede Università, Dipartimento di Architettura, Design e Urbanistica,
Convento di Santa Chiara, Alghero
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Monday, October 27
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Tuesday, October 28
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