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September 4, 2024
Image: LNMA National Gallery of Art, Vilnius
​​​​​On September 4, 2024, in Vilnius, Lithuania, the European Green Capital 2025, MOXY hosted a major event at the National Gallery of Art of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art. Researchers, expert conservators, innovators, and policy-makers from Horizon Europe projects GoGreen, GreenArt, and MOXY, united in the Green Cultural Heritage (CH) Cluster, will gather to discuss green, sustainable, and contactless approaches to cleaning sensitive works of art and other cultural heritage in the times of climate change. This was a unique one-day opportunity to delve into the latest advancements in our field, as the Green CH Cluster includes researchers from 53 organizations of excellence – universities, research organizations, museums, conservation centers, and non-governmental organizations representing extraordinary expertise in CH science, conservation, physics, chemistry, sustainability science, and related fields. ​
Venue: National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
Date: September 4, 2024
Information: info@moxyproject.eu​
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Organizers and partnerships: Research Unit for Plasma Technologies RUPT at Ghent University, ICOMOS Lithuania, and Green CH Cluster composed of GreenArt, GoGreen, and MOXY projects, in partnership with the Research Council of Lithuania, the National Contact Points (NCPs), National Gallery of Art of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, and Association of Lithuanian Conservators-Restorers.
NEW: VILNIUS 2024 SYMPOSIUM and
GREEN CLUSTER ROUND TABLE REVIEW
RECORDED VILNIUS 2024 SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS
National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania, September 4, 2024 ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Cultural Heritage and Sustainability.
Ana Maria Stan (European Commission’s Policy Officer for Culture, the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium)​​
​From Green Approaches to Green Cluster – Philosophical Aspects of Green Cultural Heritage Science and Sustainability in Conservation. Introduction to European Green Cluster for Science and Research in Conservation.
Nina Olsson (Senior Researcher, ICOMOS Lithuania), MOXY project
​Green gels and complex fluids for the cleaning of works of art.
Prof. Piero Baglioni (University of Florence, Italy), GreenArt project​​
​​​​Reflections, successes, and challenges in cleaning science research into practice at Tate.
Bronwyn Ormsby (Senior Scientist, Tate London, United Kingdom), GreenArt project​​​​
​​​​​​​​New bio-originated cleaning formulations for metals.
Edith Joseph, Qing Wu. (Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-restauration, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Neuchâtel, Switzerland), GoGreen​ project​​​​
​​​​​​​​Nonwoven electrospun mats and green solvents: progress in their development as new artwork restoration systems. Francesca Ramacciotti, Giorgia Sciutto (Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, Microchemistry and Microscopy Art Diagnostic Laboratory (M2ADL), University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy), Arianna Menichetti (Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Burcu Keser (M2ADL, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy), Maria Letizia Focarete, Rocco Mazzeo (M2ADL, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy), Marco Montalti, Chiara Gualandi (Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Silvia Prati (M2ADL, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy), GoGreen project
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Atomic oxygen plasma source as a new tool for cultural heritage
Michalis Poupouzas, Ana Sobota (Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands), Anton Nikiforov (Research Unit for Plasma Technologies, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium), MOXY project​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​Cleaning soot-contaminated silk using plasma-generated atomic oxygen: first results on undyed mock-ups.
Nan Yang, Marta Cremonesi, Geert van der Snickt (University of Antwerp), Anton Nikiforov (Ghent University), MOXY project​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Soiling models and making paint mock-ups for cleaning studies. Theoretical and practical aspects.
Catarina Pires , Klaas Jan van den Berg (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), MOXY project​​
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Effects of atomic oxygen on cultural heritage materials - methodological approaches and challenges. Kirill Shumikhin, Cecilia Campi, Ilaria Bonaduce, Ilaria Degano, Jacopo La Nasa (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy), Klaas Jan van den Berg (University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands), MOXY project​​​
​Collecting the requirements and identifying the technology gap: atomic oxygen technology elicitation based on the interviews with expert conservators. Ilaria Bonaduce, Silvia Pizzimenti (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy), Nina Olsson, Tomas Markevicius ( ICOMOS Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania), MOXY project​​​​​​
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​​​​​Tailoring Atomic Oxygen Species for Non-Contact Cleaning in Green Cultural Heritage Conservation. Tomas Markevicius, Anton Nikiforov, Rino Morent (Research Unit for Plasma Technologies, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium), Klaas Jan van den Berg (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Marta Cremonesi, Nan Yang (University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium), Yijia Song (Research Unit for Plasma Technologies, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium), Ana Sobota, Michail Poupouzas (Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands), Ilaria Bonaduce, Jacopo La Nasa (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy), Nina Olsson (ICOMOS Lietuva, Vilnius, Lithuania), Kirill Shumikhin (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy), Catarina Pires (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Cecilia Campi (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy), Geert Van der Snickt (University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium), Gianluca Pastorelli, Sofie Wikkelsø Jensen (National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark), Michaela Florescu, Alison Norton, Josephine Bobeck ( Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden), Dieuwertje Schrijvers (WeLoop, Lambersart, France), Pascal Van Der Voort (Research Unit for Plasma Technologies, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium), Eivydas Trioška, Simas Šakirzanovas, Mindaugas Viliunas (KPV, Vilnius, Lithuania), MOXY project
​Is atomic oxygen the “greenest” choice? Results of a Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Dieuwertje Schrijvers, Anastasiya Valakhanovich, Kim Luu, Naeem Adibi (WeLOOP, Lambersart, France), Marta Cremonesi (University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium), Catarina Pires (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Nan Yang (University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium), Klaas Jan Van den Berg (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Ilaria Bonaduce (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy), Nina Olsson (ICOMOS Lietuva, Vilnius, Lithuania), Geert Van der Snickt (Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands), Ana Sobota (Research Unit for Plasma Technologies, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium), Tomas Markevicius, Anton Nikiforov (Research Unit for Plasma Technologies, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium), MOXY project
​Green Cluster for Science and Conservation Research Round table – Expert panel discussion moderated by Tomas Markevicius and Closing remarks by Klaas Jan van den Berg​