International seminar to celebrate the launch of Exposing the Film Apparatus – The Film Archive as a Research Laboratory. Edited by Giovanna Fossati and Annie van den Oever, this volume offers a range of essays on historical and contemporary film apparatus and media technologies. The volume contains essays by 32 international contributors, including collection specialists, curators, … Continue reading
8-10 February 2016 Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD “Media Scholars and Amateurs of All Countries and Disciplines, Hands-on!” * Recent years have witnessed a growing turn to experimental historical research in the history of media technologies. In addition to archival investigation and oral history interviews, historians and enthusiasts are increasingly uncovering histories of … Continue reading
Project member Tim van der Heijden published his article ‘Technostalgia of the Present: From Technologies of Memory to a Memory of Technologies’ in the ‘Vintage’ special issue of NECSUS European Journal of Media Studies. Abstract This article reflects on today’s ‘technostalgic’ trend in media culture by examining the various ways in which Super 8 film … Continue reading
Saturday October 24, 2015 the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Super 8 film format. From Australia, Japan to America and Europe, many film enthusiasts will celebrate this popular amateur film format. In the Netherlands, the Dutch Foundation for Amateurfilm (Stichting Amateurfilm) has compiled as special program called “De Kracht van Super 8” (The Power … Continue reading
On Saturday October 10, 2015 the 13th edition of the international Home Movie Day is celebrated. EYE Amsterdam highlights the work of the semi-professional film maker Theo Regout, who made recordings of his journeys through Africa in the 1930s and 1950s. In a special compilation program some of Regout’s films will be screened during Home … Continue reading
Report conference ‘Changing Platforms of Memory Practices’ As the home movies project draws to a close, the final formal activity of our research group has taken shape in the international conference “Changing Platforms of Memory Practices”, held from 10 to 12 September 2015 at the Van Swinderenhuys in Groningen. With a selection of papers from … Continue reading
Conference: “Changing Platforms of Memory Practices, 10-12 September 2015, Groningen the Netherlands We like to announce our final program for the conference and the exciting pre-conference event here. If you like to join our conference, please follow the following link and choose between the different options available. Please register at: http://changingplatforms.eventbrite.nl/ … Continue reading
Exploring New Methodologies for Media Research, Teaching, and Curating How can we challenge the exclusively textual approaches to media history and opt for a more experimental and hands-on approach to cultural heritage? The University of Groningen’s Film Archive and the Network for Experimental Media Archaeology, focused on media heritage, are working on innovative methodologies for … Continue reading
The “Changing Platforms of Memory Practices” Conference “Changing Platforms” will be an international meeting on the complex relationship between media technologies, user generations, and mediated memory practices from both a contemporary and long term historical perspective. The conference aims to grasp the technical, social and cultural dimensions and changes in the use of technologies of … Continue reading
Dear participants of the conference “Changing Platforms of Memory Practices”, It is now time to register for our conference in September 10 – 12 September. We believe it will be an exciting conference. Keynotes Roger Odin, “Amateur technologies of memory, dispositifs and spaces of communication” ( Université … Continue reading
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