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Janine Marchessault Awarded Killam Prize
Late last week, Janine Marchessault, Archive/Counter-Archive's Principal Investigator and a distinguished Professor and Tier One Research Chair at York University, was awarded the prestigious Killam Prize.
Tranzac Club
292 Brunswick Ave
Toronto ON
Toronto Living With AIDS: Finding a Future in the Past
Toronto Living With AIDS: Finding a Future in the Past is a roundtable/book launch for an edited volume on the community cable television series Toronto Living With AIDS (TLWA). In-person at Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto. ASL available. Saturday, March 16 | 2pm EST | 90 min.A/CA Members at the Society of Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) 2024 Conference
Congratulations to the many past and present A/CA members who are presenting their research at this year's Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Annual Conference on March 14-17, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts!
Working Papers Series: Béatrice Cloutier-Trépanier | Zoom, Feb 20
Earlier this week, Béatrice Cloutier-Trépanier presented her paper "I Say the Only Plot I Can Write is a Life: Lucy Lippard's Feminist Fiction" as part of our ongoing Working Papers Series. If you did not get a chance to join us live on Zoom for Béatrice's talk, we now have a recording of the presentation available on our website and Vimeo channel.Archival Atelier | "Memory Labs as Participatory Archival Spaces: A Feminist Perspective" with Allison Elliot
Join us for another Archival Atelier online workshop on November 14th at 4:30 pm EST on Zoom. This time, we will be hearing from Allison Elliot from The Feminist Institute about their recent Memory Lab events and hear some tips and best practices for producing one of your own.
ONSTAGE/OFFSTAGE Online Curatorial Talk, Oct 12
Working Papers Series: Debbie Ebanks Schlums | Zoom, Nov 7
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 Debbie Ebanks Schlums, who is a PhD Candidate in the Cinema and Media Studies program at York University. Debbie's talk will be followed by a Q&A with the audience, moderated by our student organizers, Emily Barton and Elina Lex.
Save-the-Date and CFP for the 2nd Global Audiovisual Archiving Conference
Read through our CFP for the upcoming 2nd Global Audiovisual Archiving Conference: Exchange of Knowledge and Practices, taking place on July 12-14, 2024 in Toronto.
Talking Archives Episode 8 - Archivist Melissa J. Nelson
Watch the eighth episode of our online interview series, Talking Archives, which features conversations with artists, archivists, and researchers who are part of the A/CA network.
Announcing the "Archival Futures: Ethics and Carework in the Archive" Reading Group
The Archive/Counter-Archive 2023 Fall Graduate Student Mixer
2001E Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building, York University
88 The Pond Rd
North York ON M3J 2S5
Canada
ONSTAGE/OFFSTAGE Exhibtion, the ArQuives, September 21
34 Isabella Street
Toronto ON M4Y 1N1
Canada
A/CA Call for Papers for SCMS 2024
Are you planning on presenting research related to A/CA at the 2024 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference (March 14-17th, 2024, Boston, Massachusetts)? Please let us know by August 10th! We would love to coordinate A/CA members’ paper proposals into one or more pre-constituted panels.
the8fest: Experimental Filmmaking with Found Footage Workshop with Franci Duran and Phil Hoffman
Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto
137 Dupont St
Toronto ON M6H 2A3
Canada
Participants will repurpose and rework existing Super8 and 8mm film using a variety of tactile analogue techniques including: painting, drawing, scratching, tinting and toning, bleaching, collaging, contact printing onto 16mm film and processing using conventional and eco-chemistries. No previous experience is necessary. Refreshments will be provided.
Workshop Facilitated by Franci Duran and Phil Hoffman
When: Thursday, July 27th, 10:00am - 5:00pm
Where: LIFT, 137 Dupont St, Toronto, ON M6H 2A3
Registration Fee: $50
Rain Date: the8fest and CineMobilia are coming to Scarborough! July 22, 4-10 pm, Prairie Drive Park
Prairie Drive Park
119 Pharmacy Ave
Scarborough ON M1L 1L5
Canada
Recording of A/CA Panel at the Eye International Conference 2023
We are pleased to be able to share a recording of the A/CA panel at this year's Eye International Conference. Watch Antoine Damiens, Janine Marchessault, Nadine Valcin, and Michael Zryd speak about different aspects of the project.