EXHIBITIONS
& CONFERENCES
Facsimiles, like original objects, gain meaning from the contexts in which they are exhibited and experienced. Factum Foundation’s facsimiles and recreations allow curators to broach new frontiers in terms of what and how it is possible to exhibit, while the exhibitions which we organise ourselves call into question traditional distinctions between authenticity and originality.
We ask audiences to think about the trains of transmission which lie between the present context of viewing and the multiple “original” contexts of the objects in front of them, and to question the curatorial strategies which claim to offer direct, unmediated access to something “real” and “true”.
Conferences
Adam Lowe at the 12th Interim Meeting of the ICOM-CC Leather and Related Materials Working Group
Adam Lowe was invited to participate at the 12th Interim Meeting of the ICOM-CC Leather and Related Materials Working Group, on October 13th 2022, to present the work carried out...
Carlos Bayod Lucini at ‘Pensar con las manos. El proceso del arte y la vida de las obras’
On July 7th, 2022, Carlos Bayod Lucini was invited to present Factum Foundation’s work in the Summer School organised by the Museo del Prado and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid....
Carlos Bayod Lucini and Adam Lowe at SITSA Summer Institute for Technical Studies in Art, Harvard Art Museums
Carlos Bayod Lucini was invited to host a workshop attended by participants to the Summer Institute for Technical Studies in Art (SITSA) organised by Harvard Art Museums in Boston. On...
Carlos Bayod Lucini at the XIX International Congress on Architectural Graphical Expression, Cartagena
The Departments of Architectural Graphic Expression of the Spanish universities have felt, since the 1980s, the need for media to disseminate the results of their research and their teaching experiences....
Adam Lowe and Voula Natsi at ‘The Bronze Effigy of Michelangelo by Daniele da Volterra’ at the Gallerie dell’Accademia, Florence
Daniele da Volterra, a close collaborator and friend of Michelangelo, inherited the house of the artist in Rome after his death. In two years, he produced a number of bronze...
Adam Lowe and Frédéric Kaplan at ‘Digitising the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore’ (AOA – ARCHiVe Online Academy)
As part of the Fondazione Cini’s 70th anniversary celebrations, a special lecture on September 27, 2022 was held by Adam Lowe, founder of Factum Foundation, and Frédéric Kaplan from EPFL,...
Adam Lowe at ‘FECIT (‘Fake-it’): The dynamic relationship between making, preserving and sharing’, Photo London Fair
On September 12th, 2021, Photo London Fair 2021 hosted a panel discussion with Adam Lowe, Director of Factum Arte and founder of Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Preservation, Autonomous...
Adam Lowe and Charlotte Skene Catling at The 15th International Alvar Aalto Symposium: Future of the Industry, Jyväskylä, Finland
The 15th International Alvar Aalto Symposium – Future of Industry (August 12th-13th, 2021), focussed on the current challenges of the spaces and milieus of the history, present and future manufacturing industry. Charlotte...
The Toledo Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Technological Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution
On June 18th-19th, 2021, a symposium was held to discuss the use and application of advanced technologies in conflict and peacebuilding contexts. Organised by the Instituto de Resolución de Conflictos...
Adam Lowe at the Curatorial Conversations: ‘The Raphael Cartoons at the V&A’, The Warburg Institute
On 19th November 2021, Michelle O’Malley from the Warburg Institute talked with Ana Debenedetti and Adam Lowe about the recording of Raphael’s Cartoons at the V&A in August 2019. While the...
A series of online discussions about New Technologies and the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, in collaboration with The Art Newspaper and Il Giornale dell’Arte
At a time when we are all being forced to think hard about what we value, how, and why, Factum Foundation and The Art Newspaper launched a series of discussions...
Aliaa Ismail at TEDxGUC, Cairo
Ancient Egypt has always been a topic of discussion amongst people of various cultures and backgrounds. This discussion has gotten more and more attention in recent years due to technology...