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In this episode, Gabe speaks with Dr. Hannelore Roemich and Christine Frohnert who are leading the new Time Based Media (TBM) initiative at NYU. The three discuss the use of technology throughout art history, how conservation is evolving and developing alongside its use, and how the IFA's new Time Based Media initiative is preparing a new generation of art conservators to preserve the integrity of such works well into the future. -About Dr. Hannelore Roemich- Dr. Hannelore Roemich (PhD in Chemistry from the University in Heidelberg, Germany) is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Conservation at the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University (NYU). Since 2007 Dr. Roemich offers instruction in the core program at NYU, teaching Preventive Conservation and Materials of Art and Archaeology as well as advanced conservation science courses. Dr. Roemich served for eighteen years as a conservation scientist at the Fraunhofer-Institut für Silicatforschung (ISC) in Würzburg, Germany, where she conducted research on the deterioration and conservation of stained glass and outdoor bronze sculpture, glass sensors for environmental monitoring, and lectured widely on her work. Dr. Roemich is currently Program Director for the TBM initiative at NYU. -About Christine Frohnert- Christine Frohnert (Graduate degree 2003, Conservation of Modern Materials and Media, University of Arts, Berne, CH) is partner of Bek a Frohnert LLC, Conservation of Contemporary Art, based in New York City since 2012. Previously, Ms. Frohnert served for 12 years as a conservator and later as chief conservator at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany. She was Chair of the Electronic Media Group from 2008 - 2012 and initiated the conference series TechFocus. Ms. Frohnert was named the inaugural Judith Praska Distinguished Visiting Professor in Conservation and Technical Studies at the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine arts, NYU, in 2012. Since then, as Institute Lecturer, she offered instruction in time-based media art, including the course Art With A Plug: The Conservation of Artwork Containing Motion, Sound, Light, Moving Images and Interactivity; Topics in Time-Based Media Art Conservation as well as Technology and Structure of Works of Art -Time-based Media. Christine Frohnert is currently Program Coordinator for the TBM initiative at NYU.