The foundation organizes workshops, conferences, screenings, exhibitions,[1] research projects and case studies concerning the current questions of conservation and restoration of media art.

It aims to develop further the possibilities of (digital) preservation, presentation and distribution of media art.

Some of the artists represented by imai include: Steina and Woody Vasulka, George Barber, Dara Birnbaum, Klaus vom Bruch, Douglas Davis, Valie Export, Ken Feingold, Paul Garrin, Ulrike Rosenbach, Kirsten Geisler, Gary Hill, Dara Birnbaum, Nan Hoover,[14] Valie Export, Jürgen Klauke, Robert Cahen, and Marcel Odenbach.

In Situ[17] (1986) by Gary Hill, Exchange Fields[18] (2000) by Bill Seaman, Testcuts I[19] by Katharina Sieverding (2010), Light Composition: Documenta 8[20] (1987) by Nan Hoover and Zweileinwandkino [21] (1968/2014) by Lutz Mommartz.

The exhibition Images against Darkness (Bilder gegen die Dunkelheit) at KIT – Kunst im Tunnel [26] presented a selection of video art works from the imai archive for the first time.

Members of the Board are Nicolas Maas (Foundation Schloß Benrath) and Axel Wirths (235 MEDIA).