Past Schedule of Events
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1:00 pm |
Welcome: AAA Director, Kate Haw |
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1:15–2:45 pm |
Archivists’ Roundtable, moderated by Joanne Archer of the University of Maryland, College Park:
On approaches to managing researcher requests for access to audiovisual media.
On the Guggenheim’s project to process the Museum’s audiovisual collections, and “XFR STN,” an audiovisual digitization project enacted by the New Museum in 2013.
On the Archives of American Art’s “Hidden Collections” project, “Uncovering Hidden Audiovisual Media Documenting Postmodern Art.”
On The WCFTR’s Shirley Clarke Collection as an example of the gap between discoverability and access to media in mixed collections.
On challenges for film collections: providing access to non-AV material, creating finding aids for filmmakers’ collections, including the John Marshall and Jorge Preloran papers, and managing split collections |
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2:45–3:15 pm |
Coffee break |
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3:15–4:45 pm |
Researchers’ Roundtable, moderated by Kelly Quinn of the Archives of American Art:
“On (Not) Watching a Drawing Being Made: Richard Tuttle as a Case Study for Lost Performances”
“Primary Documents, Primary Sounds: Public Radio History and Public Preservation Initiatives”
On his solo exhibition sampling a history of artist’s film and video distribution
On developing a protocol for "the fully informed user" to navigate the artifacts of film and video production for research, and on improving relations between custodial institutions and producers of archival material
On her research on the 1970s performances of Hannah Wilke and the impact of accessibility to audio-visual media on her work as both a scholar and an educator. |
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4:45–5:45 pm |
Reception |
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5:45 pm |
Doors open for screening |
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6–7:15 pm |
Screening program:
A 5-screen film and sound performance reconstructed and performed as a video and sound performance by the artist and filmmaker Kristen Anchor.
A 2-channel video performance in which the artists playfully explain to viewers the mechanical nature of video while simultaneously exploring the nature of relationships.
Experimental film described by Preloran as "a free improvisation with a child of 5 who plays, has fun, gets mad, and ends up in frenetic activity, all enhanced with superimposed animation". The film has four versions, each with a different musical score. Preloran's intention was that all four versions would be viewed together in order to compare how the character of the child changes according to the music. Tonight’s program will screen version 1, with music by Jose Luis Castaneira, and version 2, with a song by Poldy Bird and music by Rodrigo Montero.
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Organized by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Held in the Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium, D.W. Reynolds Center, 8th and G Streets, Washington, D.C.
Sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources
Questions? Email AAAsymposium@si.edu