Archive/Counter-Archive's Project Director Janine Marchessault, Executive Committee Chair Michael Zryd, and Collaborator Philip Hoffman are convening a Summer Institute on media archives and archiving practices. Events will be held at the TIFF Bell Lightbox and at York University.

Events

April 24 | Program # 1: Revisitations – Early Films by Christoph Girardet and Matthias Müller 
Introduced by Scott Miller Berry (Executive Director, Rendez-vous with Madness)
10:30 AM, TIFF Bell Lightbox
FREE - visit TIFF.net for ticketing info
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This screening of shorts is an opportunity to see some early work from German experimental filmmakers Christoph Girardet and Matthias Müller:

Aus der Ferne — The Memo Book (dir. Matthias Müller \ Germany 1989 \ 28 min.)

Pensão Globo (dir. Matthias Müller \ Germany 1997 \ 15 min.)

Home Stories (dir. Matthias Müller \ Germany 1990 \ 6 min.)

Phoenix Tapes (dirs. Christoph Girardet & Matthias Müller \ Germany, UK 1999 \ 45 min.)

Christoph Girardet and Matthias Müller have been collaborating on found footage films and video works since 1999. Their award-winning work includes videos, video installations, films, and photo works.

Scott Miller Berry's introduction to Program #1 is available here on our website.

May 7 |  Master Class with Matthias Müller (filmmaker)

Müller will be leading a Master Class for Summer Institute students about his filmmaking and archival practices as an experimental artist.

May 8 | Program #2: Tell Me What You See! Found Footage Films by Christoph Girardet and Matthias Müller
Followed by on stage conversation with Matthias Müller and Catherine Russell (Professor, Concordia University)
7:00 PM, TIFF Bell Lightbox
FREE - visit TIFF.net for ticketing info
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As part of an exploration into working with found materials, German experimental filmmaker and curator Matthias Müller joins us to introduce a selection of the more recent films he co-directed with Christoph Girardet, followed by an onstage conversation with Concordia's Catherine Russell.

May 14 | Continuous Journey (2004) - Screening and Discussion with Ali Kazimi (filmmaker, York University) 
2:00 - 5:00 PM, York University, Nat Taylor Cinema N102 Ross Building
FREE + open to the public!
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Join us for a screening of Ali Kazimi's documentary film Continuous Journey (2004) about the Komagatu Maru incident. Following the screening will be a Q&A discussion with Kazimi about the eight-year process of making the film. 

Kazimi is a filmmaker whose work deals with race, social justice migration, history, and memory. He is the recipient of the 2019 Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Arts.

May 21 | Master Class with Yvonne Ng (senior archivist, WITNESS) 
2:00 - 4:00 PM, York University, Nat Taylor Cinema N102 Ross Building
FREE + open to the public!
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Archivist Yvonne Ng will lead a Master Class focused on archiving video for human rights. Ng is the Senior Archivist at WITNESS, an international nonprofit organization that supports activists using video and technology to protect human rights.

June 13 | Spotlight on Contemporary Indigenous Filmmaking with Suzanne Morrissette (Metis artist and curator, OCADU)
6:00 - 7:30 PM - Curator Talk, York University, Nat Taylor Cinema N102 Ross Building
9:00 PM - Outdoor Projections, York University, Jacob Stong House and Barn
FREE + open to the public!
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The evening begins with a talk featuring curator Suzanne Morrissette (OCAD University) and artists Lisa Myers and Fallon Simard, followed by stunning outdoor projections of short films against the walls of the historic Jacob Stong Barn at sundown:

In Her Care (dir. Richelle Bear Hat, 10 min.)

Reclamation (dir. Thirza Cuthand, 13 min.)

Kick It Now (dir. Louis-Philippe Moar, 3 min.)

Portrait of an Indigenous Woman (dir. Caroline Monnet, 16 min.)

And from then on we lived on blueberries for about a week (dir. Lisa Myers, 7 min.)

Wake Up! (dir. Jessie Short, 6 min.)

Land Becomes Ghost (dir. Fallon Simard, 1 min.)

Morrissette is a Metis artist, curator, and scholar from Winnipeg researching reactions to Indigenous political thought and curatorial strategies for centering Indigenous knowledge.

2019 Summer Institute: Archive/Counter-Archives Courses (York University)

5021 Process Cinema (Activating the Archive) - Philip Hoffman | April 24 - May 16 + June 11 and 13
Explores a creative tradition of found footage filmmaking and remixing in alternative filmmaking that depends on archival materials. 

6320B Living Archives: Curatorial Approaches to Mediated History - Janine Marchessault and Michael Zryd | May 21 - June 13
Focuses on new theoretical models of the moving image archive, digital experiments with memory images along with diverse curatorial approaches to situating archives in public places.