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
Report “Media Generations” workshop Bremen By Tom Slootweg To explore the notion of “user generation”, our research project was kindly offered a platform to share our thoughts with scholars working with the concept of “media generation”. Within the context of the DFG-funded research program Mediatisierte Welten / Mediatized Worlds, University of Bremen’s ZeMKI (Centre for … Continue reading
Report Dispositif Workshop Luxembourg University By Tim van der Heijden On June 20-21st, we organized an international workshop at the University of Luxembourg on the multidimensional concept of “dispositif”. A group of twenty scholars from various backgrounds – from philosophy and history to film & media studies – came together to discuss different perspectives and … Continue reading
A media archaeological experiment performed at the 9th edition of the International Orphan Film Symposium, EYE Film Institute Amsterdam By Susan Aasman How did people deal with a machine like the projector? What were the social dynamics during this interaction of users with the technology? Who was allowed to handle the thing and who was … Continue reading
Last Saturday, 19th October it was International Home Movie Day, the yearly event celebrating amateur film. Like in the previous years, various amateur films and family films were screened in many cities around the world, among which Amsterdam (EYE Film Institute) and Ghent (Huis van Alijn). In EYE Film Institute Amsterdam this year’s theme was: … Continue reading
Report Workshop Bonn, by Tom Slootweg As the summer hesitantly makes way for the dull spring we had so far, several international representatives of the academic community, the archives, and museums came together in Bonn. On the 2nd and 3rd of May, Dagmar Hänel welcomed us to the Institut für Landeskunde und Regionalgeschichte to delve … Continue reading
Although it will take some years before the planned exhibitions in the Limburgs Museum (Venlo) and the Huis van Alijn (Ghent) will be realized, its preparations have already begun. Last weeks, each of the two participating museums hosted and co-organized a two-day creative workshop sessions specifically designed for a select group of students from Maastricht … Continue reading
Report: Home Movie Day 20 October 2012 Beeld & Geluid, Artis / EYE / SuperSens On Saturday the 20th of October the worldwide annual Home Movie Day took place. In the Netherlands the two mayor players in audio-visual archiving, the Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision (Beeld & Geluid) and the EYE Film Institute Netherlands, organised … Continue reading
On the 28th of September, 2012 the annual Amateur Film Day took place at the Dutch Film festival in Utrecht. Theater De Kikker proved to be a good alternative for the Louis Hartlooper Complex, on which the event was held previously. This year’s theme of the Amateur Film Day: “celebrations”. The morning kicked-off with a … Continue reading
Report Summer School ‘The Spatial and Sensorial Appropriation of Technology’ in Riezlern, Austria. By Fabian de Kloe & Tim van der Heijden. On the 20th of August we came together for a full week Summer School program in the beautiful mountain area of Riezlern, Austria to discuss the theme of ‘The Spatial and Sensorial Appropriation … Continue reading
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