New Initiatives in Independent Media Preservation
On December 5th, at NYU’s Fales Library and Special Collections, Independent
Media Arts Preservation (IMAP) will present a program of new initiatives that
have the potential to make preservation of audiovisual media more accessible to
artists, activists, independent creators, and non-profit organizations. Since
its founding in 1989, IMAP has supported the creators and caretakers of
independently produced electronic media. In recent years, new digital
technologies, crowd-sourced projects, and the rise of a ‘maker’ culture have led
to exciting developments with the potential to democratize the preservation of
audiovisual material in unprecedented ways. We hope that this informal event
will provoke discussion, debate, and new conversations among the many people
concerned with the survival of independent media.
The program:
* John Passmore: WNYC's CD-R conservation project
* Rebecca Fraimow and Kristin Macdonough: XFR STN: An Open-door Artist-centered
Media Archiving Project
* Matthew Epler: Redesigning Film Scanning from Scratch
* Melitte Buchman and Jeff Martin: The Magnetic Media Crisis Committee’s VHS
Digitization Projec
The program will also include a screening of newly preserved video material from
Fales Library’s Downtown Arts collection, which focuses on the culture of
downtown New York City from the 1970s through the 1990s. A reception will
follow.
Date: December 5, 2013
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University
Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South
Admission is free, but as seating is limited, if you plan to attend, we ask that
you RSVP to Jeff Martin, IMAP’s Executive Director, at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
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