Media Matters

Seminar: Media Matters
October 16, 2007
Argos, Brussels

Blurred and wavering images on worn out videotapes, misty sounds on weathered audio cassettes, scorched nitrate film, irreparable damaged hard disks: more and more media are becoming the victim of technological aging and cultural oblivion. Also in the arts sector the challenge of preservation of video and other electronic and digital media has grown to become a fundamental issue, seeping ever faster through all sections of museums, archives and art centers.

Which guidelines are used internationally in order to preserve this artistic heritage for future generations, and what are the future perspectives? What does this process look like in practice, and what can be the role of the artist? These and other questions were answered by three specialists from the field.

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Christoph Blase gave us an insight of the Labor für antiquierte Videosysteme of the ZKM, Karlsrühe. By means of some film fragments he illustrated the mode of operation of this research center.

Christoph Blase gave us an insight of the Labor für antiquierte Videosysteme of the ZKM, Karlsrühe. By means of some film fragments he illustrated the mode of operation of this research center.

Alain Depocas presented DOCAM, a Canadian research project that runs for a period of five years.

Alain Depocas presented DOCAM, a Canadian research project that runs for a period of five years.

Agathe Jarczyck mainly spoke about the technical aspects of the archiving and migration of video.

Agathe Jarczyck mainly spoke about the technical aspects of the archiving and migration of video.

Video lecture: Introduction by PACKED, lectures by Alain Depocas, Agathe Jarczyck and Christoph Blase. All lectures are in English.

online:
http://www.packed.be/en/resources/detail/media_matters/packed_evenementen/