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Worth More Standing Screening & Performance

Artscape Sandbox
301 Adelaide St W
Toronto ON M5V 2E8
Canada

Organized by Archive/Counter-Archive, Worth More Standing is a hybrid screening and live expanded cinema performance event featuring the work of Vancouver-based artists Lindsay McIntyre and Peter Bussigel. The screening and performance will be followed by a short Q&A and a reception.
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Registration now open for Analogue Resilience: A Film Labs Gathering | May 25-30, 2023

The Liason of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto
1137 Dupont Street
Toronto ON M6H 2A3
Canada

The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is excited to announce that they will be hosting a gathering of analogue film labs and filmmakers here in Toronto, Canada, taking place May 25–30, 2023. Our intention for this gathering is to create spaces and situations for artist-run labs, collectives, and filmmakers to share with and learn from each other through collaboration and conversation.
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Archive Fever Friday: TIFF Film Reference Library

TIFF Bell Lightbox
350 King Street West
Toronto ON M5V 3X5
Canada

On April 28th, the Toronto Film and Media Seminar and A/CA are co-presenting a tour of the TIFF Film Reference Library that will be led by Natania Sherman, Library Collections and Services Manager.
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TFMS virtual panel - Crossing The Finish Line | April 21st, 4pm EST, Zoom

This upcoming virtual panel from the Toronto Film and Media Seminar (TFMS) might be of interest to the A/CA network. It is called "Crossing the Finish Line" and includes presentations by soon-to-be or recently graduated Ph.D. students discussing their doctoral experiences and research.
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Working Papers Series: Postdoc Roundtable | Zoom, March 30, 2023

Join us for another online iteration of the Archive/Counter-Archive Working Papers Series, which brings together PhD students and graduate researchers from different Universities to hear about exciting work in the area of archival studies. Our next event is a roundtable featuring A/CA post-doctoral researchers Andrew Bailey, Anjo-marí Gouws, and Julia Polyck-O’Neill. Their presentations will be followed by a Q&A with the audience, moderated by our student organizers, Emily Barton and Elina Lex.

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Book Launch | Critical Visualization: Rethinking the Representation of Data | Mar 28th

Burdock Brewery
1184 Bloor St W
Toronto ON M6H 1N2
Canada

Congratulations to A/CA member Patricio Dávila for the release of his recently co-authored book Critical Visualization: Rethinking the Representation of Data. Join him and his co-author Peter A. Hall at Burdock Brewery for their book launch on March 28th!
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Media Cosmologies: an intergenerational conversation on art, technology, and transmission with Cheryl L’Hirondelle and Callum Beckford

The Agnes Etherington Art Centre
36 University Avenue
Kingston ON K7L 3N6
Canada

This upcoming public program is being organized by the Vulnerable Media Lab and the Digital Born Artworks Restoration Project and will be taking place on March 10th, between 3-5 pm at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen's University.
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A/CA Panel at the International Film Festival of Ottawa | March 9th, Ottawa Art Gallery

Ottawa Art Gallery’s Alma Duncan Salon
10 Daly Avenue
Ottawa ON K1N 6E2
Canada

We are excited to announce that there will be a panel featuring several A/CA members at SAVE AS, a day-long conference on Canadian cinematic heritage that is being organized alongside this year's International Film Festival of Ottawa (IFFO). 

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Book Launch | Imagining Futures of Experimental Media | Mar 8th, 6pm EST, Zoom

On Wednesday, March 8th, at 6 pm EST, Pleasure Dome will be holding a virtual book launch for its first e-book publication, Imagining Futures of Experimental Media. This e-book is co-edited by Aaditya Aggarwal, Elida Schogt, and Fan Wu and contains contributions from several A/CA members.

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Screening | Sisters in the Struggle (16mm) | Feb 28th, 5:30pm, Concordia University

1515 Ste. Catherine St. West
Visual Collections Repository (VCR), Room EV. 3.703
Montreal QC H3G 2W1
Canada

For all analog film lovers, the Archive/Counter-Archive student researchers will present a 16mm film print of 𝙎𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚 this Tuesday, February 28th. Come join us for this very special screening! This event is organized by Archive/Counter-Archive and supported by the VCR film collection.
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Working Papers Series: Noor Bhangu | Zoom, Feb 28, 2023

Join us for another online iteration of the Archive/Counter-Archive Working Papers Series, which brings together PhD students from different universities to hear about exciting doctoral research in the area of archival studies. Our next speaker is Noor Bhangu, who is a PhD Candidate in Communication and Culture at Toronto Metropolitan University and York University. Noor’s talk will be followed by a Q&A with the audience, moderated by our student organizers, Emily Barton and Elina Lex.

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