Welcome to Archive/Counterarchive
November 29–30: Viral Interventions Conference and Screening
Viral Interventions is a York University research-creation project led by John Greyson and Sarah Flicker that, since 2020, has commissioned artists, activists, and scholars to collaborate on making new films about living with HIV today.
Working Paper Series: Cate Alexander | Zoom, Nov 28
Join us for another iteration of the online Archive/Counter-Archive Working Papers Series, which brings together PhD students from different universities to hear about exciting academic research in the area of archival studies.
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Margaret Perry Case Study: Y1 Update
An update from lead Jennifer VanderBurgh on the Margaret Perry and Nova Scotia Film Archives Case Study, including special photos of ephemera found this year, courtesy of Perry's granddaughter!
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Vulnerable Media Lab: Y1 Update
With construction and installation at Queen’s University completed this past year, the VML started up work with three A/CA Case Studies. Read more about Queen's University's state of the art Vulnerable Media Lab, constructed and installed this past year!
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Winnipeg Film Group Case Study: Y1 Update
An update from lead Andrew Burke on the first phase of the Winnipeg Film Group Case Study, including a shortlist of six works sent to the Vulnerable Media Lab.
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Urban Shaman Case Study: Y1 Update
An update of activities and upcoming plans from Case Study lead Jessica Jacobson-Konefall on Archive/Counter-Archive's Case Study on Urban Shaman and Shoal Lake 40.
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Don’t Believe the ’69 Hype! [screening + discussion]
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Location
2 Daly Avenue
Ottawa ON K1N 7B9
Canada
Event Description
A/CA Post-Doctoral fellow Ryan Conrad is sharing new work in Ottawa! Join us for an artist talk and panel on the mythologies and realities of the 1969 Criminal Code reform and its impact on the lives of queers, sex workers, and those seeking abortions. The event will begin with a brief talk and screening from artist/activist Ryan Conrad. Ryan’s talk will be followed by context-setting commentary from Tom Hooper, Ummni Khan and Darrah Teitel.
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69 Positions: Porter témoignage | Our Vanishing
Date
Location
3680 rue Jeanne-Mance, Bureau 103
Montreal QC H2X 2K5
Canada
Event Description
Examining queer life on the 50th anniversary of 1969, this lucid, critical, and playful exhibition features archival works from the collections of VIVO Media Arts, Vidéographe, les Archives gaies du Québec, the ArQuives, and ARTEXTE, alongside works by collectives such as the Front de Libération Homosexuelle and works that flutter out of the archive by contemporary artists Hazel Meyer, David Widgington and Projet Hybris.
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The Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film
Date
Location
Various
Hanover - Durham - Saugeen First Nation ON N4N 3B8
Canada
Event Description
This year, the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film premieres three films made in the Saugeen Takes on Film (STOF) workshop, supported by Archive/Counter-Archive. STOF is a result of a collaboration of the Saugeen First Nation Employment and Training Centre, Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film, and the Film Farm.
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Book Launch & Reception - Process Cinema: Handmade Film in the Digital Age
Date
Location
350 King St. West, 4th Floor
Toronto ON M5V 3X5
Canada
Event Description
Join us for the book launch and reception of Process Cinema: Handmade Film in the Digital Age, co-edited by Scott MacKenzie and A/CA Project Director Janine Marchessault. The book contains essays by numerous A/CA collaborators and partners, and is the “first book to trace the development of handmade and hand-processed film in its historical and contemporary contexts, and from a global perspective” (2019, McGill-Queen’s University Press).
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Exhibition: After hours Chez Madame Arthur
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Event Description
A/CA Co-Applicant Jules Pidduck and A/CA Community Partner MediaQueer Database present an installation evoking the legendary bar Chez Madame Arthur (1971-1975), alongside never-before-seen photographs by Montreal photographer Suzanne Girard. After hours Chez Madame Arthur conjures the poetry, the seduction, the politics, and the fierceness of Montreal lesbian bars of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Conference: Archives of LGBTQ+ minorities in Europe & Canada
Date
Location
The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies
15 King's College Circle, Room 251
Toronto ON M5S3H7
Canada
Event Description
Archive/Counter-Archive's Project Manager Aimée Mitchell will be moderating a panel on LGBTQ+ archives, featuring A/CA Community Partner Raegan Swanson (Executive Director of The ArQuives), Antoine Idier, Rebecka Sheffield, Courtnay McFarlane, and Philip Pike.
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Summer Institute recap: Spotlight on Contemporary Indigenous Filmmaking
A/CA's closing Summer Institute event was a Spotlight on Contemporary Indigenous Filmmaking at York University, featuring a Curator Talk with A/CA collaborator Suzanne Morrissette (OCAD University), followed by a screening of seven short films by Indigenous filmmakers, and a Q&A with Morrissette and artist Lisa Myers. The evening concluded with a delicious potluck feast arranged by the Summer Institute students
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Trans Archival Futures
Date
Location
VIVO Media Arts Centre
2625 Kaslo Street
Vancouver BC V5M 3G9
Canada
Event Description
This event is in conversation with Archivist-in-Residence Sophie Roberge's "Every Queer Thing" project at VIVO 2019.
Multi-media artists Chase Joynt and Chris E. Vargas are working at the epicenter of contemporary trans representational practice and visual culture. Trans Archival Futures is a presentation of their recent film and archival work: Vargas’ project MOTHA: Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art which was recently on display at the New Museum, and Joynt’s short film Framing Agnes.