Dit interview is afgenomen naar aanleiding van Laura Wolfkamp’s scriptieonderzoek ter afronding van de master Conservering en Restauratie van Cultureel Erfgoed aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Het doel van dit onderzoek is het verhelderen van het besluitvormingsproces rondom het betrekken van de kunstenaar in de conservering en restauratie van moderne en hedendaagse kunst. Hierbij dient een sculptuur van Henk Visch uit de collectie van de RCE als casus: Henk Visch – Zonder Titel (1985) (K86035). Naast de casus wordt de normale gang van zaken rondom conservering en restauratie bij Stedelijk Museum Schiedam besproken en enkele andere gevallen van kunstenaarsparticipatie in het museum.

Interviews in Conservation Research is a growing collection of oral history records that can inform the preservation, conservation and presentation of works of art and cultural heritage in the Netherlands. Many professionals in museums and heritage institutions conduct interviews with artists, artist assistants and conservators, as well as with other stakeholders, such as curators, directors and collectors to learn more about the works they have in their collections. These interviews are rarely sustainably archived nor easily accessible for other researchers, as their existence as primary sources is relatively unknown. This thematic collection helps to overcome these problems and is one of the main results of the NWO funded KIEM project Interviews in Conservation Research, a partner project of the Netherlands Institute for Conservation+Art+Science (NICAS) as part of the Conservation Oral History Initiative. This is an ongoing initiative and additions to the thematic collection Interviews in Conservation Research are welcome to build a rich collection of unique source material that allows for cross-referencing and provides a unique view on the behind the scenes of the lives of works of art and cultural heritage in the Netherlands.