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Commission votes to deaccession Susan Narduli’s new-media piece “Conversation”
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The commission voted to deaccession Conversation by Susan Narduli, citing technical instability, rising maintenance demands and a 10-year lifecycle written into the original contract; staff said the artist was notified and cooperative and that monitors will remain in the lobby.
PALO ALTO — The Palo Alto Public Art Commission voted Jan. 15 to deaccession the new-media artwork Conversation by Susan Narduli, concluding that the piece had become increasingly unstable and that maintenance demands had grown untenable.
Staff told commissioners the work was selected from a 107-applicant open call, installed in 2016 after council approval and commissioned for slightly more than $174,000. As platforms and feeds changed, staff said, the artwork required repeated technical…
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