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Interview with Bruno Burtre (VectraCom) (part 1/2)
Vectracom, La Plaine Saint-Denis, (October 11, 2010).
Bruno Burtre is Sales Manager for VectraCom, a company created in Paris in 1991 by three engineers formerly employed by the Société Française de Production (SFP). Bruno Burtre started working for VectraCom in 2010, following the closure of the Sony Factory near Dax. VectraCom is a company that specialises in the preservation of audiovisual archives, and offers a complete range of services including digitisation and restoration of audio and video documents and film, as well as various postproduction services. Packed met Bruno Burtre to learn more about his years of experience with Sony, about the way of working at VectraCom and about managing day-to-day problems linked to the obsolescence of formats.
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Interview with Bruno Burtre (VectraCom) (part 2/2)
Vectracom, La Plaine Saint-Denis, (October 11, 2010).
Bruno Burtre is Sales Manager for VectraCom, a company created in Paris in 1991 by three engineers formerly employed by the Société Française de Production (SFP). Bruno Burtre started working for VectraCom in 2010, following the closure of the Sony Factory near Dax. VectraCom is a company that specialises in the preservation of audiovisual archives, and offers a complete range of services including digitisation and restoration of audio and video documents and film, as well as various postproduction services. Packed met Bruno Burtre to learn more about his years of experience with Sony, about the way of working at VectraCom and about managing day-to-day problems linked to the obsolescence of formats.
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Interview with Chi Tien Lui (CTL Electronics)
CTL Electronics, New York, (May 30 2011).
Chi Tien Lui, an electric and electronic technician born in China, founded CTL Electronics in 1968. The shop was among the first to help artists using early amateur video formats and systems such as the famous SONY Portapak1 by renting equipment and providing training to use them. During this period the CTL Videotools Catalog2 was published giving precious information to artists and other enthusiasts on available video tools. In addition to this, CTL Electronics has been an official maintenance and repair service for several generations of electronic devices. Emanuel Lorrain (PACKED vzw) met Chi Tien Lui to talk about his experience with video equipment and the new role that he has embraced in recent years by helping museums keep video installations alive.
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Interview with Christoph Blase (part 1/2)
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM), Karlsruhe, (March 17, 2010).
Christoph Blase is working at the ZKM1 in Karlsruhe where he is running the Laboratory for Antique Video Systems. ZKM holds a unique position in the art world; it is an interdisciplinary research institution focusing on new media. Since its opening in 1997, the ZKM has become an important platform for the production and exhibition of contemporary art and emergent media technologies. Since 1999 the institute is led by the artist, curator and theoretician Peter Weibel.
Christoph Blase has been transferring video tapes and working with old video systems at ZKM since 2001. Recently he curated the touring exhibition " RECORD > AGAIN! - 40yearsvideoart.de – Part 2"2. Emanuel Lorrain (PACKED vzw) and Rony Vissers (PACKED vzw) met him in March 2010 in order to know more about Laboratory for Antique Video Systems and the management of ZKM’s large equipment collection.
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Interview with Christoph Blase (part 2/2)
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM), Karlsruhe, (March 17, 2010).
Christoph Blase is working at the ZKM1 in Karlsruhe where he is running the Laboratory for Antique Video Systems. ZKM holds a unique position in the art world; it is an interdisciplinary research institution focusing on new media. Since its opening in 1997, the ZKM has become an important platform for the production and exhibition of contemporary art and emergent media technologies. Since 1999 the institute is led by the artist, curator and theoretician Peter Weibel.
Christoph Blase has been transferring video tapes and working with old video systems At ZKM since 2001. Recently he curated the touring exhibition " RECORD > AGAIN! - 40yearsvideoart.de – Part 2"2. Emanuel Lorrain (PACKED vzw) and Rony Vissers (PACKED vzw) met him in March 2010 in order to know more about Laboratory for Antique Video Systems and the management of ZKM’s large equipment collection.
