Orphans 9
The 9th
Orphan Film Symposium
March 30 - April 2, 2014
@ EYE
in Amsterdam
@ EYE
in Amsterdam
New York University Cinema Studies joins with EYE (Film
Institute Netherlands) and the University of Amsterdam for the ninth international gathering of archivists, curators, scholars,
preservationists, and artists devoted to screening and discussing orphan films (i.e., an eclectic variety of neglected
moving images). Film, video, and digital works from around the world will be
projected in the magnificent EYE building in Amsterdam, all presented with context
provided by expert speakers and creative accompanists.
Call for Presentations:
The Future of Obsolescence
The theme of “Orphans 9” is obsolescence, broadly
conceived. We invite proposals for presentations on the histories and futures
of film and other moving image media. The symposium will consider not only
technological and format obsolescence, but also the ways that audiovisual media
have recorded and deployed ideas, content, representations, genres, narratives,
fashions, and ideologies deemed obsolete or outdated. What neglected cinema
artifacts or orphaned media should we re-view and reconsider in order to better
understand the world? How should preservationists, archivists, historians,
curators, and scholars deal with film and obsolete “new media”? What orphan
films document these phenomena and issues? What does “media archaeology” teach
us? How are artists, producers, and others using, reviving, and transforming remaindered
film and video material? How do archives, museums, libraries, schools,
cinematheques, and sister institutions participate in the remix culture of
recombinant media 2.0?
Throughout the three days and four nights of the symposium,
selected speakers will lead presentations, screenings, and discussions.
Proposals that include the screening of rare, rediscovered, or recently
preserved works are encouraged. New media productions using archival or
abandoned material are sought for the symposium’s screenings as well, as are
technical presentations on moving image archiving and preservation.
E-mail questions and proposals to Dan.Streible@nyu.edu.
First round of proposal review begins June 28, 2013. For more information and
updates, visit www.nyu.edu/orphans.
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