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It’s the Reel Thing

posted June 17, 2013

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The Reel Thing Los Angeles, 21-23 August 2013 The Reel Thing is naturally the real thing, when it comes to symposiums on technical issues relating to moving-image archiving. The next edition – the 31st – takes place August 21-23 at the Linwood Dunn Theater in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Pickford Center for Motion Picture ...

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Wunderkino 2013: Visions of Travel and Mobility

posted June 14, 2013

An amateur 1936 film from the Charles Chislett Collection at the Yorkshire Film Archive, Impressions of the ‘Maiden Voyage’ of the ‘Queen Mary’ to New York and back. It depicts the cruise ship’s first voyage from Southampton Docks: cargo being loaded, passengers embarking, the interior of the ship, the journey across and the arrival, with views of New York as it sails up the River Hudson.

Wunderkino 2013: Visions of Travel and Mobility 14th Annual Northeast Historic Film Summer SymposiumThursday, July 25 – Saturday, July 27, 2013 Wunderkino is a much-admired, multi-disciplinary gathering of devotees of moving-image history, theory, and preservation. For more than a decade, it has brought together archivists, scholars, artists, and interested members of the public in an intimate setting for ...

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Martin Scorsese Delivers Jefferson Lecture – Today

posted March 31, 2013

Martin Scorsese. Image: Brigitte Lacombe

Today, Monday April 1 2013, acclaimed director Martin Scorsese delivers this year’s National Endowment for the Humanities 2013 Jefferson Lecture. And the event will be streamed live and free of charge at 7:30pm, US East Coast time. Viewers can also join the conversation about film and the humanities via Twitter at #JeffLec2013. The Jefferson Lecture is ...

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Preserving “Time-Based Art” – An interview with Jeff Martin, IMAP

posted October 11, 2012

Jeff Martin at the Hirschhorn Symposium: Collaborations in Conserving Time-Based Art

Jeff Martin, the executive director of Independent Media Arts Preservation, is a respected authority on a challenging undertaking: to preserve the fast-evolving works known by such titles – never quite inclusive enough – as “time-based art.” Moving Image Archive News interviewed him as IMAP’s Archiving the Arts: A symposium addressing preservation in the creative process approaches ...

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AMIA Conference Registration is Open

posted September 25, 2012

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Registration is now open for the annual conference of the Association of Moving Image Archivists, the largest professional organization in the field. The convention offers sessions and workshops on varied topics, as well as an opportunity to network with colleagues and other interested parties including vendors of hardware and software associated with moving-image conservation, restoration, ...

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Symposium: Archiving the Arts – addressing preservation in the creative process

posted September 24, 2012

Between Earth & Sky: Cordoban Ceilings, installation: video/web/projections, 2003, by Peter D'Agostino, www.peterdagostino.com.

Saturday, 13 October 2012 Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Film Center *** (*** corrected venue) The Association of Moving Image Archivists Student Chapter at New York University and Independent Media Arts Preservation (IMAP) present this symposium concerning preventive preservation, the creative process, and where the two concepts intersect. The event is part of New York Archives Week, organized ...

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Young Film Archivists of LA

posted April 23, 2012

Young Film Archivists of LA

Many a movie fan was made at college, thanks to campus film organizations. In a fundraising effort, the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) Student Chapter at UCLA is running a monthly series of films at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles. On May 4 2012, the chapter presents the second screening in its “Something ...

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Wunderkino Weekend

posted March 28, 2012

Museum Wormianum (Leiden, 1655)

Wunderkino n Northeast Historic Film Thursday, July 26 2012 – Saturday, July 28 2012 Bucksport, Maine, USA What would you put in your wunderkino? A “wonder-cinema” is a collection of moving images that project its maker’s curiosities and personality, as a holiday album of photos and mementos may project the diversion, adventures, and even hints of the lurid that do ...

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Home Movie Day 2011 – Around the World!

posted August 28, 2011

A still from "Our Day." Courtesy Center for Home Movies

This year’s ninth annual Home Movie Day is Saturday October 15, 2011. The event provides participants with opportunities to see and share home movies with an audience of their community, and to see their neighbors’ films, in turn. Events in cities and towns around the world, organized by moving-image archivists and other enthusiasts, provide opportunities ...

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DAS 2011 – AMIA’s Digital Asset Symposium

posted August 28, 2011

The Lifecycle of the Digital Audiovisual Asset Digital Asset Management in the Real World September 23, 2011 Los Angeles, CA Registration is now available for DAS 2011 – Digital Asset Symposium, offered by the Association of Moving Image Archivists, the world’s largest association of moving image archivists. The ...

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