Fine 8mm film footage by photographer Vivian Maier
One of Vivian Maier’s 8mm films recorded in Chicago. The footage was used recently in the documentary Finding Vivian Maier (2014).
Workshop ‘Amateurs and/as Experts’
On November 21-22nd, the international workshop on “Amateurs and/as experts” was held at the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Maastricht University. Bringing together different approaches to users and different types of users in media and technology studies, the workshop…
“Selfies”: Debate on Amateur Film
Upcoming Thursday 13th November (17.00-18.30) the Amsterdam based debate center SPUI25 organized a special debate on amateur film, in cooperation with the Institute for Sound & Vision. Dr. Susan Aasman, post-doctoral researcher in the home movies research project, will speak about…
Workshop Bremen on ‘media generations’
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…
Home Movie Day 2014
On Saturday 18th October 2014, the world is celebrating the 12th annual Home Movie Day. The event, organized for the first time in 2002, takes place in The United States, Japan, Argentina, and many more countries. Also in Amsterdam, the EYE Film…
Jetty vanaf 2 weken tot haar eerste stapjes
De collectie van de Amsterdamse amateurfilmer Piet Schendstok staat nu online op het Amateurfilm Platform! Zo ook deze prachtige amateurfilmcompilatie uit de jaren ’40 over Schendstok’s dochter Jetty: van twee weken oud tot aan haar eerste stapjes! http://www.amateurfilmplatform.nl/films/jetty-vanaf-2-weken-tot-haar-eerste-stapjes
Report Dispositif Workshop Luxembourg University
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…
Staging the Amateur Dispositif
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 not? How much experience did you need…
Preparing for International Orphan Film Symposium
The project team of “Changing Platforms of Ritualized Memory Practices” is proud to announce that we will give a special presentation at the 9th edition of the International Orphan Film Symposium, held from March 30-April 2 in the EYE Film…
Launch Amateurfilm Platform
This week the new online platform for Dutch amateur film and video has been launched:www.amateurfilmplatform.nl. The platform is an initiative of the Dutch Institute for Sound and Vision, in collaboration with the city and regional archives of Rotterdam (stadsarchief Rotterdam)…
