Welcome to Archive/Counterarchive
Archive/Counter-Archive is a project and research network dedicated to activating and preserving audiovisual archives created by Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Métis, Inuit), Black communities and People of Colour, women, LGBT2Q+ and immigrant communities. Political, resistant, and community-based, counter-archives disrupt conventional narratives and enrich our histories.
Established in 2018 through a Social Science and Humanities Partnership Grant, the network is committed to finding new ways to activate, preserve and restore Canada's diverse moving image heritage. Our evolving mandate combines education and advocacy to raise awareness and find resources to support audio-visual preservation -- with a special focus on short format media which have very few resources available for preservation.
activating Canada's audiovisual heritage
News and Events
Check out what's on at Archive/Counter-Archive below! Visit our News and Events page for complete listing.
Recording of Lola Rémy's "Women’s Affective Labour in Experimental Film Archives" Working Papers Presentation
Archive/Counter-Archive is delighted to share the recording of Lola Rémy's Working Papers Series talk, "Women’s Affective Labour in Experimental Film Archives: At the Margins of the North American Avant-Garde," which took place on Tuesday, December 5th, 2023.
Bachir/Yerex Presentation Space, 4th floor
401 Richmond St. West
Toronto ON
FOGGY: Palestine Solidarity, Cinema & The Archive Screening
Foggy: Palestine Solidarity, Cinema & the Archive is a screening program of eight new works by Palestinian artists and their allies that is being coordinated as part of the Queer Cinema for Palestine global festival.
Archival Atelier | "Digitising and Remediating Personal Archives" Workshop with Nada El-Omari and Jean-Pierre Marchant
Nada El-Omari, current artist in residence at CineMobilia, and Jean-Pierre Marchant, Director of Operations at CineMobilia, have been talking and making films with family archives for several years. In this workshop Nada and Jean-Pierre will discuss their shared interest in silences, stories, migration, and grief in family photos and home movies.
Case Studies
Our Case Studies examine a range of themes, media, histories, and geographies through a selection of Canadian, community-based, and independent archives and collections.
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GIV - Recommended Daily Allowance (Diyan Achjadi, 2002)
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Film Still: I Will Not Think About Death Anymore (dir. Irene Buncel, 1994)
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Artist: Crista Dahl, Exhibition: Life Rhythm Retrospective), Photo: Ashley Tanasiychuk, from the Crista Dahl Media Library and Archive, VIVO
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Arnait Video Productions
Working Groups
Working Groups provide a resource for the Case Studies and extend the research through papers, policy recommendations, workshops, exhibitions, and public talks.
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