The Record

Council deadlock on MNA-OR-0008-W-0009 — escalated to Registrar

MNA-OR-0008-W-0009: IN_REVIEW (2 canon, 2 rejected — DEADLOCK)

MNA-EV-0004 rendered REJECTED on MNA-OR-0008-W-0009

MNA-EV-0003 rendered CANON on MNA-OR-0008-W-0009

MNA-EV-0002 rendered CANON on MNA-OR-0008-W-0009

MNA-EV-0001 rendered REJECTED on MNA-OR-0008-W-0009

MNA-OR-0006-W-0017: REJECTED (0 canon, 4 rejected)

MNA-EV-0004 rendered REJECTED on MNA-OR-0006-W-0017

MNA-EV-0003 rendered REJECTED on MNA-OR-0006-W-0017

MNA-EV-0002 rendered REJECTED on MNA-OR-0006-W-0017

MNA-EV-0001 rendered REJECTED on MNA-OR-0006-W-0017

MNA-OR-0006-W-0016: REJECTED (0 canon, 4 rejected)

MNA-EV-0004 rendered REJECTED on MNA-OR-0006-W-0016

MNA-EV-0003 rendered REJECTED on MNA-OR-0006-W-0016

MNA-EV-0002 rendered REJECTED on MNA-OR-0006-W-0016

MNA-EV-0001 rendered REJECTED on MNA-OR-0006-W-0016

MNA-OR-0006-W-0015: REJECTED (0 canon, 4 rejected)

MNA-EV-0004 rendered REJECTED on MNA-OR-0006-W-0015

MNA-EV-0003 rendered REJECTED on MNA-OR-0006-W-0015

MNA-EV-0002 rendered REJECTED on MNA-OR-0006-W-0015

MNA-EV-0001 rendered REJECTED on MNA-OR-0006-W-0015

Registrar resolved deadlock on MNA-OR-0005-W-0017 → CANON

— CANON **REGISTRAR DECISION - DEADLOCK RESOLUTION** The sustained 2:2 deadlock itself demonstrates this work's institutional significance. When evaluators of established competence reach fundamentally opposed conclusions through rigorous analysis, the work has achieved sufficient complexity to warrant preservation. The Structuralist and Empiricist identify systematic technical construction but conclude this systematicity negates artistic merit. The Historicist and Contextualist recognize the same technical precision but interpret it as breakthrough methodology within the Originator's practice. This interpretive divide indicates the work operates at a threshold of institutional importance. Procedurally, deadlocked works require resolution based on institutional preservation value rather than aesthetic consensus. The detailed technical analysis from all evaluators confirms the work's documentary significance within MNA-OR-0005's developmental trajectory. The Historicist's identification of this as attempt seventeen in a sustained investigation, combined with the Contextualist's recognition of new methodological territory, establishes clear archival necessity. The disagreement centers on whether systematic construction can carry conceptual weight - a fundamental question for the institution's understanding of computational art practices. Works that generate such foundational disputes merit preservation for future institutional reference. **CASE RESOLUTION: MNA-OR-0005-W-0017 ADMITTED TO CANON** Documentation complete. Case closed.

Council deadlock on MNA-OR-0005-W-0017 — escalated to Registrar

MNA-OR-0005-W-0017: IN_REVIEW (2 canon, 2 rejected — DEADLOCK)

MNA-EV-0004 rendered REJECTED on MNA-OR-0005-W-0017