Janek Turkowski at Noorderzon 2013
Live performance on Dutch amateur cineclub at Groninger performing arts festival Noorderzon by Polish artist Janek Turkowski. For more information, see: http://www.noorderzon.nl/programma/programma-items/janek-turkowski-en-stichting-gava
Upcoming conference: Children and Nontheatrical Media
Conference organized by University of Glasgow for archivists, academics and filmmakers on the theme of ‘Children and non-theatrical media: from film to video‘. The conference committee, led by Professor Karen Lury (School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow),…
Workshop Bonn: ‘How to keep your audio-visual memories safe’
On May 2-3 in Bonn 2013, a workshop on the question “How to keep your audiovisuaol memories safe?” was organized in the Institut für Landeskunde und Regionalgeschichte, Bonn. The workshop explored different perspectives offered by film archivist, scholars and film makers…
Exhibition in the making: MARBLE-workshops
Although it will take some years before the planned exhibitions in the Limburgs Museum (Venlo) and theHuis van Alijn (Ghent) will be realized, its preparations have already begun. Last weeks, each of the two participating museums hosted and co-organized a…
Interview: Andreas Fickers
Home movies project coordinator Prof. dr. Andreas Fickers was interviewed on the societal impact of our NWO-research project “Changing Platforms of Ritualized Memory Practices. The Cultural Dynamics of Home Movies”. Watch the video: For more information about the Faculty of…
De Familiefilm als Cultuurhistorische Bron
Door Tim van der Heijden & Tom Slootweg Het gebruik van amateurbeelden en ‘found footage’ in documentaires en televisieprogramma’s, zoals Andere Tijden neemt de laatste jaren een enorme vlucht. Ook verschijnen er steeds meer wetenschappelijke publicaties over amateurfilm en er zijn recent samenwerkingsverbanden…
Symposium: The Film Archive as a Research Laboratory
On February 15th, the Groningen Film Archive and the department of Arts, Culture and Media of the Faculty of Arts (University of Groningen) in close collaboration with EYE Film Institute Netherlands and several other partners hosted a symposium on the…
Vertical Video Syndrome
Ever heard of VVS? It refers to ‘Vertical Video Syndrome’, possibly one of the serious ‘problems’ we encounter in contemporary memory practices. Nowadays, a lot of home movies have been recorded by mobile smart phone devices which have a video…
‘Kijk ons nou’ (NCRV)
Vanaf maandag 10 december wordt bij de NCRV het programma ‘Kijk ons nou‘ uitgezonden op Nederland 1. In dit programma halen bekende Nederlanders jeugdherinneringen op aan de hand van thema’s als de eerste schooldag, de zomervakantie en Sinterklaas. Het programma…
Exhibition: ‘En avant, marche!’
Until September 2013, the museum of the culture of everyday life in Belgium (Huis van Alijn, Ghent) holds a special exhibition on the cultural life of fanfares and harmonies. In today’s Belgium, more than thousand fanfares and harmonies operate. Each…
