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Talking Archives 2, Episode 5: Obarima Kofi Ofosu-Yeboah
Watch the fifth episode of Talking Archives 2, our online interview series, produced by A/CA researchers, Monika Kin Gagnon and Elina Lex, featuring conversations…
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NEW Talking Archives 2 episode available for viewing!
The 5th episode of TA2 features Ghanaian-born artist and filmmaker Obarima Kofi Ofosu-Yeboah in conversation with Monika Kin Gagnon.
On A/CA's Vimeo channel: vimeo.com/counterarchi...
For more information: counterarchive.ca/talking-arch...
The 5th episode of TA2 features Ghanaian-born artist and filmmaker Obarima Kofi Ofosu-Yeboah in conversation with Monika Kin Gagnon.
On A/CA's Vimeo channel: vimeo.com/counterarchi...
For more information: counterarchive.ca/talking-arch...
NEW Talking Archives 2 episode available for viewing!
The 5th episode of TA2 features Ghanaian-born artist and filmmaker Obarima Kofi Ofosu-Yeboah in conversation with Monika Kin Gagnon.
On A/CA's Vimeo channel: vimeo.com/counterarchi...
For more information: counterarchive.ca/talking-arch...
The 5th episode of TA2 features Ghanaian-born artist and filmmaker Obarima Kofi Ofosu-Yeboah in conversation with Monika Kin Gagnon.
On A/CA's Vimeo channel: vimeo.com/counterarchi...
For more information: counterarchive.ca/talking-arch...
Talking Archives 2, Episode 5: Obarima Kofi Ofosu-Yeboah
Watch the fifth episode of Talking Archives 2, our online interview series, produced by A/CA researchers, Monika Kin Gagnon and Elina Lex, featuring conversations…
vimeo.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW Talking Archives 2 episode available for viewing!
The 5th episode of TA2 features Ghanaian-born artist and filmmaker Obarima Kofi Ofosu-Yeboah in conversation with Monika Kin Gagnon.
On A/CA's Vimeo channel: vimeo.com/counterarchi...
For more information: counterarchive.ca/talking-arch...
The 5th episode of TA2 features Ghanaian-born artist and filmmaker Obarima Kofi Ofosu-Yeboah in conversation with Monika Kin Gagnon.
On A/CA's Vimeo channel: vimeo.com/counterarchi...
For more information: counterarchive.ca/talking-arch...
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Images Festival's 38th Birthday Party Fundraiser. June 26th, 19h - Space Unltd, Toronto expcinema.org/site/en/even...
Images Festival's 38th Birthday Party Fundraiser
Join us for Images Festival's 38th Birthday Party!Thursday, June 26th 7-10pm | Space Unltd, 1213 Bathurst St, Toronto | $5-$15 ENTRYThis year, we invited 20 artists & filmmakers to create 3 original p...
expcinema.org
June 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Images Festival's 38th Birthday Party Fundraiser. June 26th, 19h - Space Unltd, Toronto expcinema.org/site/en/even...
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"Current large language models don’t simply automate tasks previously done by humans; they fundamentally change our relationship with information." - Oluseyi Noah Adebanjo, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
https://loom.ly/4HFfByQ
https://loom.ly/4HFfByQ
Archival Outlook May/June 2025 Page 4
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June 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"Current large language models don’t simply automate tasks previously done by humans; they fundamentally change our relationship with information." - Oluseyi Noah Adebanjo, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
https://loom.ly/4HFfByQ
https://loom.ly/4HFfByQ
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We are delighted to launch ‘Fragments’, a new journal of experimental videographic form and method. Please enjoy our first collection of fragments and check out our evolving manifesto to learn a little more about our ambitions for this journal. fragments.video
May 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
We are delighted to launch ‘Fragments’, a new journal of experimental videographic form and method. Please enjoy our first collection of fragments and check out our evolving manifesto to learn a little more about our ambitions for this journal. fragments.video
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New publication: "Colectivo Los Ingrávidos: An Anthology" - with contributions by Almudena Escobar López, Victor Guimarães, Adam Piron, Raquel Schefer, and Federico Windhausen. Published by ICA expcinema.org/site/en/book...
Colectivo Los Ingrávidos: An Anthology
Colectivo Los Ingrávidos: An Anthology explores the radical practice of one of today's most prolific and politically charged film collectives. Emerging in 2012, Colectivo Los Ingrávidos challenges cin...
expcinema.org
May 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
New publication: "Colectivo Los Ingrávidos: An Anthology" - with contributions by Almudena Escobar López, Victor Guimarães, Adam Piron, Raquel Schefer, and Federico Windhausen. Published by ICA expcinema.org/site/en/book...
Congratulations to the A/CA members presenting their research at FMSAC this week! For details about A/CA members’ events, collaborative workshops, panels, and individual paper presentations, click here: counterarchive.ca/aca-members-...
May 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Congratulations to the A/CA members presenting their research at FMSAC this week! For details about A/CA members’ events, collaborative workshops, panels, and individual paper presentations, click here: counterarchive.ca/aca-members-...
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June 4 Tkaronto/Toronto Queer Cinema for Palestine 🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Join us June 4 at 7pm at Innis Town Hall
🎟️ Free event! Please consider making a donation to help us cover the venue & speakers fee — remaining funds will be directed to Palestinian mutual aid projects
www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
Join us June 4 at 7pm at Innis Town Hall
🎟️ Free event! Please consider making a donation to help us cover the venue & speakers fee — remaining funds will be directed to Palestinian mutual aid projects
www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
May 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
June 4 Tkaronto/Toronto Queer Cinema for Palestine 🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Join us June 4 at 7pm at Innis Town Hall
🎟️ Free event! Please consider making a donation to help us cover the venue & speakers fee — remaining funds will be directed to Palestinian mutual aid projects
www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
Join us June 4 at 7pm at Innis Town Hall
🎟️ Free event! Please consider making a donation to help us cover the venue & speakers fee — remaining funds will be directed to Palestinian mutual aid projects
www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
We are thrilled to share: Talking Archives 2, episode 4, featuring Cuban filmmaker Marcel Beltrán in conversation with Monika Kin Gagnon about his film Option Zero, which focuses on the struggles of Cuban migrants journeying through Latin America to reach the US. See vimeo.com/counterarchi...
Talking Archives 2 Episode 4 - Marcel Beltrán
Watch the fourth episode of Talking Archives 2, our online interview series produced by Archive/Counter-Archive (A/CA) researchers Monika Kin Gagnon and Elina Lex,…
vimeo.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We are thrilled to share: Talking Archives 2, episode 4, featuring Cuban filmmaker Marcel Beltrán in conversation with Monika Kin Gagnon about his film Option Zero, which focuses on the struggles of Cuban migrants journeying through Latin America to reach the US. See vimeo.com/counterarchi...
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📚 The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) has donated more than 2,200 books on drug use & policy to #InternetArchive. A vital public resource preserved, ensuring continued access for researchers, healthcare providers & advocates working in drug policy.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/04/22/n...
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/04/22/n...
April 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
📚 The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) has donated more than 2,200 books on drug use & policy to #InternetArchive. A vital public resource preserved, ensuring continued access for researchers, healthcare providers & advocates working in drug policy.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/04/22/n...
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/04/22/n...
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We're HIRING! a VUCAVU.education Digital Platform Outreach Coordinator.
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Application deadline: May 1, 2025
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MORE INFO: vucavu.com/VUCAVU/media...
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Application deadline: May 1, 2025
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MORE INFO: vucavu.com/VUCAVU/media...
April 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Here's a preview of Desire Lines: Experimental Video as Social and Spatial Interventions, a collaboration between A/CA, Groupe Intervention Vidéo (GIV), Moving Image Research Lab (MIRL) at McGill U and the independent, artist-driven, Canadian bilingual streaming platform VUCAVU: vimeo.com/1071926927
Desire Lines - Trailer
This is "Desire Lines - Trailer" by Groupe Intervention Vidéo (GIV) on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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April 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Here's a preview of Desire Lines: Experimental Video as Social and Spatial Interventions, a collaboration between A/CA, Groupe Intervention Vidéo (GIV), Moving Image Research Lab (MIRL) at McGill U and the independent, artist-driven, Canadian bilingual streaming platform VUCAVU: vimeo.com/1071926927
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Discover a NEW! educational guide created by our partners at Archive/Counter-Archive and Groupe Intervention Vidéo - Curated by Alanna Thain and Ylenia Olibet from the Moving Image Research Lab (MIRL)at McGill University - now on @vucavu.bsky.social
@givideo.bsky.social @counterarchive.bsky.social
@givideo.bsky.social @counterarchive.bsky.social
We are proud to announce the new Groupe Intervention Vidéo (GIV) educational guide by Archive/Counter-Archive. Now available on VUCAVU.com, vucavu.com/en/a-ca/educ...!
Find out more here: counterarchive.ca/new-groupe-i...
@givideo.bsky.social, @vucavu.bsky.social
Find out more here: counterarchive.ca/new-groupe-i...
@givideo.bsky.social, @vucavu.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Discover a NEW! educational guide created by our partners at Archive/Counter-Archive and Groupe Intervention Vidéo - Curated by Alanna Thain and Ylenia Olibet from the Moving Image Research Lab (MIRL)at McGill University - now on @vucavu.bsky.social
@givideo.bsky.social @counterarchive.bsky.social
@givideo.bsky.social @counterarchive.bsky.social
We are proud to announce the new Groupe Intervention Vidéo (GIV) educational guide by Archive/Counter-Archive. Now available on VUCAVU.com, vucavu.com/en/a-ca/educ...!
Find out more here: counterarchive.ca/new-groupe-i...
@givideo.bsky.social, @vucavu.bsky.social
Find out more here: counterarchive.ca/new-groupe-i...
@givideo.bsky.social, @vucavu.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We are proud to announce the new Groupe Intervention Vidéo (GIV) educational guide by Archive/Counter-Archive. Now available on VUCAVU.com, vucavu.com/en/a-ca/educ...!
Find out more here: counterarchive.ca/new-groupe-i...
@givideo.bsky.social, @vucavu.bsky.social
Find out more here: counterarchive.ca/new-groupe-i...
@givideo.bsky.social, @vucavu.bsky.social
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Nous sommes fièr.es d'annoncer le lancement du nouveau guide pédagogique du Groupe Intervention Vidéo (GIV) par Archive/Counter-Archive maintenant sur VUCAVU.com! @givideo.bsky.social @counterarchive.bsky.social
En savoir plus ici: vucavu.com/fr/aca-giv/l...
En savoir plus ici: vucavu.com/fr/aca-giv/l...
Lignes de désir
vucavu.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Nous sommes fièr.es d'annoncer le lancement du nouveau guide pédagogique du Groupe Intervention Vidéo (GIV) par Archive/Counter-Archive maintenant sur VUCAVU.com! @givideo.bsky.social @counterarchive.bsky.social
En savoir plus ici: vucavu.com/fr/aca-giv/l...
En savoir plus ici: vucavu.com/fr/aca-giv/l...
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If you'll be in London next week, come chat about the (proposed) idea of "archival inquiry" at Mayday Rooms !
Hoping to bring together concepts & practices of "co-research" in relation to both archival labours and methods of historical research:
maydayrooms.org/event/archiv...
Hoping to bring together concepts & practices of "co-research" in relation to both archival labours and methods of historical research:
maydayrooms.org/event/archiv...
April 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you'll be in London next week, come chat about the (proposed) idea of "archival inquiry" at Mayday Rooms !
Hoping to bring together concepts & practices of "co-research" in relation to both archival labours and methods of historical research:
maydayrooms.org/event/archiv...
Hoping to bring together concepts & practices of "co-research" in relation to both archival labours and methods of historical research:
maydayrooms.org/event/archiv...
Don't miss the world premiere of Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance at the 2025 Toronto Hot Docs Festival, opening on Thursday, April 24th!
This project was an incredible collaborative effort that includes several A/CA members. For more information, counterarchive.ca/parade-queer....
@hotdocs
This project was an incredible collaborative effort that includes several A/CA members. For more information, counterarchive.ca/parade-queer....
@hotdocs
Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance | Hot Docs
Revisit the pivotal moments and courageous actions that ignited Canada’s 2SLGBTQ+ movement. From early struggles to landmark victories, this powerful reminder of how quickly rights can be taken away h...
hotdocs.ca
April 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Don't miss the world premiere of Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance at the 2025 Toronto Hot Docs Festival, opening on Thursday, April 24th!
This project was an incredible collaborative effort that includes several A/CA members. For more information, counterarchive.ca/parade-queer....
@hotdocs
This project was an incredible collaborative effort that includes several A/CA members. For more information, counterarchive.ca/parade-queer....
@hotdocs
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New issue of JFP hot off the press!!! With a major dossier on "Women, Cinema, and Film Archives" and fab review of THE BAT 🦇📀 by @pamhutch.bsky.social !!! 😍🎞️ www.calameo.com/fiaf/books/0...
JOURNAL OF FILM PRESERVATION #112, April 2025
Journal of Film Preservation, No.112, April 2025
www.calameo.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
New issue of JFP hot off the press!!! With a major dossier on "Women, Cinema, and Film Archives" and fab review of THE BAT 🦇📀 by @pamhutch.bsky.social !!! 😍🎞️ www.calameo.com/fiaf/books/0...
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From the essay, “Cultural Preservation and Queer History,” by Brooke Palmieri, part of the Vanishing Culture report.
Download the full report now ➡️ archive.org/details/vani...
🕳️ #VanishingCulture
Download the full report now ➡️ archive.org/details/vani...
🕳️ #VanishingCulture
April 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
From the essay, “Cultural Preservation and Queer History,” by Brooke Palmieri, part of the Vanishing Culture report.
Download the full report now ➡️ archive.org/details/vani...
🕳️ #VanishingCulture
Download the full report now ➡️ archive.org/details/vani...
🕳️ #VanishingCulture
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How Digital Archivists Are Saving Public Information from the Memory Hole
➡️ spectrum.ieee.org/digital-arch...
➡️ spectrum.ieee.org/digital-arch...
Can We Trust Our Government to Safeguard Vital Research Data? Meet the Digital Archivists Battling to Keep Information Accessible!
Through clever usage of APIs, the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School has created an archive of Data.gov, home to 311,000 public datasets
spectrum.ieee.org
April 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
How Digital Archivists Are Saving Public Information from the Memory Hole
➡️ spectrum.ieee.org/digital-arch...
➡️ spectrum.ieee.org/digital-arch...
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Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story.
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
IMLS Matters
Responses to this form will be published at https://imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
forms.gle
April 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story.
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
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I want to give a quick shout-out to @transgenderarchive.bsky.social for Transgender Day of Visibility. Their work documenting and sharing trans lives through history is incredible and so important. Give them a follow and check out www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net
Digital Transgender Archive
www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net
March 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I want to give a quick shout-out to @transgenderarchive.bsky.social for Transgender Day of Visibility. Their work documenting and sharing trans lives through history is incredible and so important. Give them a follow and check out www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net
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JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
www.npr.org
March 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
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One of our sponsored panels, Session L6, "Rewinding Tape Across Media: Archives of Ambivalence (A RoundTaple)," Saturday 11am, will be dedicated as a tribute to Jonathan Sterne, a space for SCMS members to reflect on what he has meant to them and to our field.
March 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
One of our sponsored panels, Session L6, "Rewinding Tape Across Media: Archives of Ambivalence (A RoundTaple)," Saturday 11am, will be dedicated as a tribute to Jonathan Sterne, a space for SCMS members to reflect on what he has meant to them and to our field.
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NEW! "Women, Art, and the Periphery & Latin American Video Art in the VIVO Media Arts Centre Archives", the 3rd of 3 Archive/Counter Archives' Educational Guides with our partners at VIVO! @counterarchive.bsky.social FIND IT HERE: vucavu.com/en/aca-vivo/...
March 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
NEW! "Women, Art, and the Periphery & Latin American Video Art in the VIVO Media Arts Centre Archives", the 3rd of 3 Archive/Counter Archives' Educational Guides with our partners at VIVO! @counterarchive.bsky.social FIND IT HERE: vucavu.com/en/aca-vivo/...
Out now: Episode 3 of Talking Archives, Vol. 2, our online interview series featuring film scholar Monika Kin Gagnon in conversation with filmmakers, archivists, and researchers who presented at the 2024 Global Audiovisual Archiving (GAVA) Conference in Toronto in July 2024. vimeo.com/1065880671
Talking Archives 2 Episode 3: Stefanie Schulte Strathaus
Watch the third episode of Talking Archives 2, our online interview series, produced by A/CA researchers, Monika Kin Gagnon and Elina Lex, featuring conversations…
vimeo.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Out now: Episode 3 of Talking Archives, Vol. 2, our online interview series featuring film scholar Monika Kin Gagnon in conversation with filmmakers, archivists, and researchers who presented at the 2024 Global Audiovisual Archiving (GAVA) Conference in Toronto in July 2024. vimeo.com/1065880671