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A Year in the Field 2012 A Year in the Field 2012 STAFF elcome to the 2012 edition of A Year in the Field, which summarizes The Getty Conservation Institute’s Field Projects Department work Agnew, Neville W Cancino, Claudia this year. The department’s purpose is to advance conservation practice worldwide Cody, Jeff through the development and implementation of model fi eld projects that Demas, Martha incorporate strong research, planning and educational objectives. In all projects, Descamps, Françoise the GCI works with local partners to build knowledge, skills and experience and Kilzer, Randi Lardinois, Sara ensure sustainability. Macdonald, Susan Over the course of another busy year, we advanced our work on 22 projects. In MacDonald-Korth, Emily Maekawa, Shin March 2012 we launched the Conserving Modern Architecture Initiative (CMAI), Manning, Luann which aims to advance the conservation of modern architecture through research, Marcus, Benjamin information, model projects and training. The América Tropical Interpretive Center Myers, David opened in October 2012, signifying the completion of one of the GCI’s longest Normandin, Kyle Ostergren, Gail standing projects. The conservation of David Alfaro Siqueiros’s América Tropical is Porter, Jennifer the result of a public-private partnership between the GCI and City of Los Angeles Powers, Sara to conserve, protect, interpret and establish sustained stewardship for Siqueiros’s Rainer, Leslie seminal work. Roby, Thomas Shea, Micaela This year a number of our projects were supported by the GCI Council, whose Weisblatt, Beverly assistance we gratefully acknowledge. Many thanks to all our partners and Wong, Lorinda colleagues who have worked with us over the past year. It is with a sense of pride Graduate Interns: that we celebrate what we have all achieved together. Azzam, Joyce Balakrishnan, Poornima Escobar, Juana Susan Macdonald Goncalves, Ana Paula Head of Field Projects Project Activities CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN Two fi eld campaigns were undertaken in 2012. The scientifi c investigation of the wall paintings was completed and a report produced. Research with Harvard University on the brown spots on the walls generated an interim publication. Treatment trials were undertaken and full scale conservation is planned for February 2013. Planning and design of new lighting, ventilation, interpretation and access to the tomb was developed. CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE VALLEY OF THE QUEENS Two fi eld seasons were held in Egypt following the 2011 hiatus in work. In addition to re- establishing relationships with new leadership at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, the Archaeological Site Site Archaeological team moved forward with detailed planning for interior presentation of tombs. The fi rst volume of the Queens Valley Assessment Report was printed and made available on the Conservation & Management GCI’s web site. EARTHEN ARCHITECTURE INITIATIVE: SEISMIC RETROFITTING PROJECT, PERU Numerical modeling analysis and static testing were carried out for three of the four Peruvian prototype buildings to understand their seismic performance. The project also designed and implemented the temporary shoring of Ica Cathedral, the prototype building damaged by the August 2007 earthquake, as a fi rst step towards its conservation. INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON STONE CONSERVATION Planning began for the 18th International Stone Course to be held in Rome in 2013 which Building Materials included developing content, selecting instructors and participants, and designing the fi eldwork component of the course. CHINA PRINCIPLES The GCI continued to work with the State Administration for Cultural Heritage on revisions to Principles for the Conservation of Heritage Sites in China (China Principles), fi rst promulgated and applied in 2000. At the Mogao Grottoes, work continued on presentation designs for selected grottoes; the visitor capacity study was presented to staff; and planning meetings were held at Mogao and in Los Angeles between the GCI, the Getty Museum and Dunhuang Academy staff for the planned exhibit on the Mogao Grottoes scheduled for 2016. HERITAGE VALUES, STAKEHOLDERS, AND CONSENSUS BUILDING The project worked on the preparation of a publication of the proceedings of a GCI work- shop focused on promoting the application of consensus building and dispute resolution methods to the practice of heritage site conservation and management. Conservation Principles & Methods CONSERVATION OF AMÉRICA TROPICAL In October, 2012, the mural, América Tropical and its accompanying interpretive center (ATIC) opened to the public following conservation, construction of a shelter and viewing platform, and installation of the center. The opening was the culmination of a 24-year, public-private partnership between the GCI and the City of Los Angeles to conserve, protect, interpret and present the mural to the public. In conjunction with the opening, a series of events were organized, including lectures, mural tours, and a family festival. An international symposium on the challenges of conserving Siqueiros’ monumental murals took place October 16-17, and included speakers from the US, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina. HERCULANEUM: CASA DEL BICENTENARIO The project to conserve the wall paintings in the Tablinum of the Casa del Bicentenario moved from the diagnostic phase into condition recording and treatment testing on the wall paintings. A weather station was installed to monitor conditions of the interior and exterior of the Casa del Bicentenario, which will inform conservation treatment decisions. The project team hosted the GCI Council visit to the site and met with conservators from Pompeii during the spring campaign in May, 2012. INJECTION GROUTS FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ARCHITECTURAL SURFACES: RESEARCH & EVALUATION Further testing was carried out on a series of injection grouts commonly used in the fi eld to complete testing of commercial and custom mix grouts for evaluation. A set of laboratory and fi eld testing procedures were peer reviewed and edited for publication online in early 2013. GCI staff traveled to Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland to teach about injection grouts to students in the conservation of wall paintings course and participated in the RILEM technical committee on specifi cations for non-structural grouting of historic masonries and historic architectural surfaces. MOSAIKON: BULLA REGIA Almost two-thirds of the 300 exposed mosaics at the site were surveyed and photographed using a newly-developed methodology to rapidly acquire data on condition, signifi cance and degree of exposure. This information will serve as a basis for developing a prioritized conservation plan for the site’s mosaics, which will be implemented in collaboration with GCI-trained mosaic technicians from Tunisia. Three technicians continued to carry out Decorated Surfaces Decorated mosaic stabilization treatments under GCI guidance, as part of the model implementation and presentation project, completing interventions on most of the 47 mosaics in the Maison de la Chasse, where structural interventions have already been carried out by project partner World Monuments Fund. MOSAIKON: REGIONAL TECHNICIAN TRAINING The fi rst and second training modules of the GCI two-year course were carried out at the site of El Jem, Tunisia, each lasting six weeks, one in the spring and one in the fall. The fi rst module was dedicated to mosaic documentation and was followed by documentation work assignments carried out at the trainees’ home sites between the two modules including follow-up visits by course instructors to trainee sites in Morocco and Tunisia. The second module was dedicated to in situ mosaic stabilization operations and included twelve trainees, two from Morocco, four from Algeria, three from Tunisia, and three from Libya. SOUTHERN AFRICAN ROCK ART PROJECT The fi rst of the two planned exchange workshops between rock art specialists from southern African countries and Australia was held in Canberra, Darwin, and Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory in mid 2012. Management by traditional Aboriginal owners of rock art sites was the focus of the two week long workshop. In 2013 the second event will be held at sites in South Africa. HISTORIC CITIES AND URBAN SETTLEMENTS INITIATIVE The GCI delivered the mayor’s workshop at the XI World Congress of the Organization of World Heritage Cities in Sintra, Portugal. The workshop focused on identifying, preserving and promoting cultural heritage values. The GCI also worked with partners from the World Heritage Center, ICOMOS and OWHC to compile over forty case studies that illustrate how cities are addressing the challenge of reconciling conservation and the management of change in the historic urban environment. INTEGRATED CONSERVATION PLAN FOR THE EARTHEN KSAR AND KASBAH OF TAOURIRT IN SOUTHERN MOROCCO To better understand the evolution of the earthen Kasbah of Taourirt, research was conducted through archival and photographic investigation and interviews were performed with past inhabitants of the site. All sections of the Stara area of the Kasbah were analyzed using existing architectural documentation to differentiate new construction from the site’s original confi guration. A more detailed architectural survey was carried out in collaboration with Carleton University from Canada and Patrimoine architectural des zones atlasiques et subatlasiques personnel using rectifi ed photography and total station. Preliminary analysis
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