Harmy wrote:
I think of Mona Lisa and say that it is as if some restorers were doing a preservation of Mona Lisa and decided that it could do with some update using a black marker.
Add in a snappy new title, and i'd agree with Duchamp, you've got a new work:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.H.O.O.Q.
The issue with film and preservation which I don't have a good answer for, is inevitably the film original negative will degrade. When you start the preservation process, to get it back is not really 100% possible. So for instance the guy from the other forums who worked on the 2004 said they looked at the SE as a guide. But what did the Lowry people use as a guide? The only constant is George, so they all followed his lead, but would still be interesting to hear what some of the conversations were as they reprocessed.