DataLab

Ensuring the care and preservation of time-based digital artworks and archives. From mapping and assessing digital assets to developing a preservation plan, we address the challenges of changing formats and accessibility. Implement reliable storage strategies, offer recovery services, and prepare works for presentation in online or exhibition formats.

Archive Mapping and Assessment


A systematic approach to organizing your digital archives. Our process evaluates:

Contents: What do you have?

Condition: What needs immediate attention?

Accessibility: How easily can it be accessed?

This foundational service helps prioritize efforts for long-term preservation and accessibility.

Digital Preservation Plan


We collaborate with artist studios, galleries, and collections to create customized preservation roadmaps, ensuring artworks and archives remain accessible and functional across future technologies.

Backup and Redundancy Strategies


Implement resilient 3-2-1 backup systems, ensuring your files are secure across multiple locations and formats.

Recovery Services


Recover lost or obsolete media from hard drives, CD-ROMs and DVDs, floppy disks. Ensuring your data are safely transferred to modern formats while maintaining their authenticity.

Presentation Services


We provide advisory services for the presentation of digital artworks, offering exhibition support and online viewing room solutions, handling file format conversion, display recommendations, and emulation systems for software-based and net art.

Digital Infrastructure & Workflow Solutions


Beyond digital conservation, we offer a holistic approach to digital infrastructures for artist studios, galleries, collections, and institutions. We review, advise, and implement tailored solutions such as productivity and collaboration tools, and collection management integration.

Contact Us


datalab@xavierpauwels.com