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Montreal QC
Crossing/Crosser: Language, Borders and Generations Screening & Talk
Please join Archive/Counter-Archive Concordia, in collaboration with les Archives gaies du Québec, on Friday April 19th for "Crossing/Crosser: Language, Borders and Generations", a screening and conversation between UK-based researcher Conal McStravick and photographer Sunil Gupta about transnational 2SLGBTQ+ and AIDS activism in the UK, Québec and Canada.New issue of Feminist Media Histories featuring the work of several A/CA members
The new Spring/Summer issue of Feminist Media Histories, which is edited by Maggie Hennefeld and Laura Horak, is now available online, and there are several A/CA members with articles published in it.
Chasing Moons: New Digitizations from the WFG Vault, available on VUCAVU until April 8th
If you didn't have a chance to catch the in-person Chasing Moons screening from the Winnipeg Film Group at the Black Lodge Theatre last week, the program is now available to watch online on VUCAVU until April 8th.
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.
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.
A/CA Members at the IAMHIST 2023 Future [of] Archives Conference
Congratulations to many A/CA members who are presenting their research at this year's IAMHIST 2023 Conference on Future [of] Archives on June 20-22 in Montreal!
Archival Atelier | "Net Art Restoration With Cheryl L'hirondelle's vancouversonglines.ca/nikamon ohci askiy," June 16th, 11 AM EST
In this recorded roundtable, we heard from several scholars, artists, and archivists involved with the ongoing restoration of Cheryl L’Hirondelle’s net art project vancouversonglines.ca/nikamon ohci askiy (2008).
CineMobilia Artist in Residence Announcement: Nada El-Omari
Our partner organization, CineMobilia, has just announced its first artist-in-residence! Throughout the rest of the month, writer and filmmaker Nada El-Omari will be working in CineMobilia's digitization lab at York University.
A/CA Members at the Arsenal Berlin's Archival Assembly #2
Congratulations to the A/CA members who recently presented their research at the Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Arts' Archival Assembly #2 from June 8-15th in Berlin!
The ArQuives Artist in Residence Announcement: Jordan King
The ArQuives, in partnership with Archive/CounterArchive, is thrilled to announce that Jordan King will be Artist in Residence in celebration of The ArQuives’ 50th Anniversary.
Worth More Standing Documentation
This article contains a curated selection of photo documentation from Lindsay McIntyre and Peter Bussigel's Worth More Standing expanded cinema performance and screening event.
YFile interview with Janine Marchessault about A/CA's Congress 2023 events
York University's YFile news blog recently published an article interviewing A/CA Principal Investigator Janine Marchessault about some of the events that A/CA organized as part of this year's Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at York University.
Margaret Perry: A Life in Film Exhibit at the Archives of Ontario
This travelling exhibition, originally shown at the Nova Scotia Archives in conjunction with the "Margaret Perry and the Nova Scotia Film Bureau Films" A/CA Case Study, arrives at the Archives of Ontario this summer.
Worth More Standing Screening & Performance
Artscape Sandbox
301 Adelaide St W
Toronto ON M5V 2E8
Canada