New Media Art Archiving (NMAA)

© NMAALast updated: March 28, 2026

NMAA Network*

Field: Media Art & Art—Science—Technology (MA/AST)

New Media Art Archiving (NMAA) is a mission-driven international partnership that is fully dedicated to networking, management, research, archiving, preservation, communication and dissemination of new media art heritage. The network of archive partners includes ISEA Symposium Archives, ACM SIGGRAPH History Archive, Archive of Digital Art (ADA), Ars Electronica Archive, FILE Archive, ZKM | Archives, and MEMODUCT posthuman.archive. The professional collaboration further extends to a variety of MA/AST heritage institutions, academic institutions, open source communities, artists, curators, historians, educators and other specialists. The mission of the NMAA partnership is to build a network of organisations and experts, support and disseminate knowledge-production, harmonise standards of interoperability and promote innovative approaches to new media art archiving.

Preserving media arts and their contexts is crucial for maintaining cultural heritage and ensuring that future generations have access to and can appreciate this unique form of artistic expression. In recent years, there has been a proliferation of online archives dedicated to new media art. Although efforts are being put into preserving and disseminating information about new media art artists and artworks, each repository exists independently of one another. Additionally, the question of new media art heritage sustainability has become urgent - hardware and matching software become obsolete very quickly, while the interactivity of artworks is hard to preserve. The new media art protagonists recognised the necessity of collaborative work which led to the Summit on New Media Art Archiving (SNMAA 2020-), held under the framework of the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), and the kick-start of the Workshop on New Media Art Archiving (WNMAA 2025-). Each year those events bring together organisations and individuals focused on archiving in the field of digital art culture.

The “New Media Art Archiving Network” is an informal endeavor powered by the voluntary work of NMAA partners.  → newmediaartarchiving.org

The texts on this page are extracted from the NMAA communication material (SNMAA, WNMAA, NMAA strategic plan).
NMAA Summit participants
SNMAA Meet the team
© 2024 NMAA | Presentation: Meet the SNMAA Team
SNMAA Open forum
© 2025 NMAA | Discussion: Workshop at ZKM Karlsruhe
  • Project:
    • New Media Art Archiving Network
  • 2022-ongoing
  • Source:  → ZKM

The goal of the project “New Media Art Archiving Network” is to create a sustainable, interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of knowledge and strategies to promote the archiving of media art at the international level. Particular attention is paid to the use of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and advanced metadata standards to optimize the accessibility and interconnectivity of archival materials.

Key aspects of the project:
  • Knowledge and experience sharing: The exchange between archivists, scientists, artists and other professionals will be fostered through summits and workshops. These events will provide a space for discussing best practices, technological challenges and future-oriented solutions in the field of media art archiving.
  • Archive networking: A core objective of the project is to develop a global network of media art archives. By connecting archives across different countries and institutions, the sharing of resources and data will be facilitated.
  • This project aims not only to make the work of the participating archives visible but also to develop innovative solutions to ensure the future of media art archiving.