Bringing together two heritage professionals whose work directly engages with the technical, conceptual, and ethical complexities of safeguarding digital artworks and making them accessible for research, features presentations and a discussion organised and hosted by Heather Dean from the ICA Section on Literary and Artistic Archives. The session was recorded on 5 February 2026 and can now be viewed online.

Panel participants:

• Jeremy Heil (Digital and Private Records Archivist, Queen’s University Archives, Canada) presenting on Reviving Digital Artworks through Virtualization and Emulation
• Remember Tomorrow: Restoring Early Canadian Videotex Art, presented by John Durno (Head, Digital Infrastructure, University of Victoria Libraries, Canada) presenting on Remember Tomorrow: Restoring Early Canadian Videotex Art

The panel participants discuss current methods used to revive and maintain digital artworks, including emulation, restoration, and hardware/software recovery, as well as emerging strategies for incorporating these fragile digital objects into scholarly and creative inquiry.