posted by MIAN on May 7, 2012
The AMIA Conference Committee has extended the deadline for submissions for session and workshop proposals for the 2012 AMIA Conference in Seattle, WA. It is looking for a wide variety of topics, cutting-edge discussions of technology, and a balance of theory and practice, with emphases on new ideas and concepts that may stimulate additional interest, involvement, and educational benefits.
The AMIA Annual Conference provides an opportunity for a diverse array of professionals, students, and friends of the field, to meet, share information and work together through an intensive and cost-effective learning forum for audiovisual preservation and access.
AMIA 2012 will be December 4-7 2012 at the Westin Hotel in downtown Seattle, in Washington state. For the Session and Workshop Proposal forms, go to www.AMIAConference.com Info: amia@amianet.org
posted by MIAN on April 24, 2012
The Association of Moving Image Archivists Student Chapter at New York University and Independent Media Arts Preservation invite submissions for a symposium titled Archiving the Arts: Addressing Preservation in the Creative Process, scheduled for October 13 2012 during Archives Week in New York City, organized by Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York.
The symposium will explore the relationship between media artists and audiovisual archivists. It will address best practices, working methods, and technological and industry issues. The prospectus for the event says: “The problems associated with preserving born-digital works combined with the threat of media obsolescence intensify the urgency of preemptive preservation practices. Film and video archivists know all too well the risks media artworks face. At the same time, artists face the same concerns—not only with completed works, but also with the raw materials of film, video, audio, and digital objects, which are essential to artists’ ongoing creative process. But often these two groups lack a common language and a way for their communities to interact and develop tools to serve all parties. Archivists don’t necessarily understand the creative process. Artists don’t always think about their work in terms of its preservation.”
The day-long symposium of panels, screenings, and workshops is intended for working professionals, artists, students, and other interested parties whose goal is to prevent avoidable loss of creative works by integrating preservation strategies into moving image creation and production.
The Call for Papers submission information is online. Deadline for submissions is Friday, July 13, 2012. Follow @AMIAatNYU or #ata12 on Twitter for updates.
posted by MIAN on March 26, 2012
The American Museum of Natural History’s Margaret Mead Film Festival, held each fall, honors the anthropologist who pioneered the use of film for fieldwork. The Mead Festival screens documentaries, experimental films, animation, and hybrid works that cast light on the complexity and diversity of peoples and cultures.
In 2010, the Margaret Mead Film Festival inaugurated its Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award to recognize makers of outstanding feature documentaries that provide fresh perspectives on cultures or communities. A jury of industry professionals selects winners from among U.S., North American, or world premieres, and awards cash prizes.
The jury considers non-narrative films and videos– feature-length documentaries, hybrid works, shorts, experimental films, essay films, animation, and new media – that have been completed within the previous three years. Other stipulations and guidelines, and the entry form, are online. The early deadline is April 2 2012, while the final deadline is May 16 2012.
posted by MIAN on March 4, 2012
Symposium on Long-Term Archiving
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg – Fernsehzentrum Berlin
Berlin
March 13 2012
A day-long symposium on the benefits for long-term storage of analog media over digital storage systems.
Lectures scheduled are:
– The Ilford Micrographic film (Dr. Jean-Noel Gex, Ilford, Marly / Switzerland)
– The laser film exposure technologies of the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques, Freiburg (Andreas Hofmann, Fraunhofer IPM, Freiburg)
– The archiumFilmCreator, a software for image processing, color management and integration of metadata for digital microfilm exposure (Klaus Wendel, archium, Aalen)
– Storage of digital data on microfilm (Christoph Voges, Independent Consultant, formerly TU Braunschweig)
– An independant user experience in the use of color microfilm to digital image data (Dr Karl Magnus Drake, National Archives of Sweden, Stockholm)
– The service and technical tools to utilize microfilm and make it accessible (Anneliese Lux, Lux de Media GbR, Offenburg)
Details (in German) are online. Cost: 10€
SEAPAVAA Conference
Vietnam Film Institute
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
April 16-21 2012
Creating, Funding, Protecting a Digital AV Archive
The 16th SEAPAVAA Conference is titled Creating, Funding, Protecting a Digital AV Archive. Details online.
ARSC Annual Conference
Rochester, New York
May 16-19
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections’ annual meeting’s preliminary program, registration form, and further details are online. So are details of a workshop that precedes the conference, on May 16, titled Copyright and Sound
Recordings. Pre-registration (required) is available online.
Screening the Future Conference 2012
Details and registration are online.
