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A/CA Members at the 2024 Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) Conference, December 4–6
Congratulations to A/CA members Almudena Escobar López, Laura Horak, and Michael Marlatt, who are presenting their research at the upcoming 2024 ASSOCIATION OF MOVING IMAGE ARCHIVISTS (AMIA) Conference being held December
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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New book: Moments of Perception: Experimental Film in Canada
Archive/Counter-Archive is delighted to announce the publication of "Moments of Perception: Experimental Film in Canada," a book featuring a major essay on the history of the movement by Michael Zryd and profiles of key filmmakers by Stephen Broomer and editors Jim Shedden and Barbara Sternberg,
Publication of this book has been supported by Archive/Counter-Archive (A/CA): Activating Canada's Moving Image Heritage, which is funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Grant
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Enduring Care: An event organized by Vtape, Viral Interventions, AIDS Actions Now!, A/CA, and Visual Aids
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Archive/Counter-Archive is proud to co-present Enduring Care, on Wednesday Dec. 1st.
Video Recording | Working Papers Series: Kate J. Russell | “John Waters’s Effluvic Cinema: Cult, Community, Laughter”
This talk was part 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 second speaker of this term was Kate J. Russell, who is a PhD Candidate in Cinema Studies at the University of Toronto. Kate's talk was followed by a Q&A with the audience, moderated by our student organizers, Emily Barton and Elisa Arca Jarque.
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Archive/Counter-Archive's 2021 Symposium - Keynote, Paula Amad
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It is our great pleasure to welcome you to join us online for the 2021 A/CA Symposium Keynote. We are excited to have Paula Amad, Associate Professor of Film Studies at the University of Iowa, as our keynote speaker on December 9, presenting “"Wanted Dead or Alive: From the Archive to the Counter-Archive in Documentary Film."
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Working Papers Series: Kate J. Russell | “John Waters’s Effluvic Cinema: Cult, Community, Laughter”
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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 second speaker of this term is Kate J. Russell, who is a PhD Candidate in Cinema Studies at the University of Toronto. Kate's talk will be followed by a Q&A with the audience, moderated by our student organizers, Emily Barton and Elisa Arca Jarque.
Disrupting the Archives: A/CA panel at the Regent Park Film Festival
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Archive/Counter-Archive and the Regent Park Film Festival are proud to present Disrupting the Archive, a panel discussion organized as part of the Regent Park Film Festival. This panel will be available to stream for free between November 25th at 6pm and December 2nd on the website of the Regent Park Film Festival.
Job posting: Financial Administrative Assistant
We are currently accepting applications for a new Financial Administrative Assistant. This position will provide financial administrative support to the "'Archive/Counter-Archive: Activating Canada's Audiovisual Heritage" and "Hemispheric Encounters" SSHRC Partnership projects.
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Video Recording | Working Papers Series: Axelle Demus | "Out of the Closets, and Into Your Homes!: Televising, Informing, and Connecting Queer Communities on Ontario’s Cable Access Channels (1972-2000)"
This talk was part 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 first speaker of this term was Axelle Demus, who is a PhD Candidate in the joint Communication and Culture program at York and Ryerson University. Axelle’s talk was followed by a Q&A with the audience, moderated by our student organizers, Emily Barton and Elisa Arca Jarque.
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Blind Rabbit | Free Online Screening in Partnership with Reel Asian
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Image: Still, Blind Rabbi (Pallavi 2020)
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Moving Homeward | Online Screening in Partnership with Pleasure Dome
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Image credit: Via Karelia, Elian Mikkola (Finland, 2021).
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Working Papers Series: Axelle Demus | "Out of the Closets, and Into Your Homes!: Televising, Informing, and Connecting Queer Communities on Ontario’s Cable Access Channels (1972-2000)"
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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 first speaker of this term is Axelle Demus, who is a PhD Candidate in the joint Communication and Culture program at York and Ryerson University. Axelle’s talk will be followed by a Q&A with the audience, moderated by our student organizers, Emily Barton and Elisa Arca Jarque.