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A square promotional image showing the text "Archive/Counter-Archive: Activating Canada's Moving Image Heritage. Archival Atelier Workshop Series. Jan 16, 2024@ 4:30-6pm EST. Free Zoom event. "Silences, Stories, and Migration: Digitising and Remediating Personal Archives." Nada El-Omari (Artist in Residence, CineMobilia). Jean-Pierre Marchant (Director of Operations, CineMobilia).

Archival Atelier | "Digitising and Remediating Personal Archives" Workshop with Nada El-Omari and Jean-Pierre Marchant

Nada El-Omari, current artist in residence at CineMobilia, and Jean-Pierre Marchant, Director of Operations at CineMobilia, have been talking and making films with family archives for several years. In this workshop Nada and Jean-Pierre will discuss their shared interest in silences, stories, migration, and grief in family photos and home movies.
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FOGGY: Palestine Solidarity, Cinema & The Archive Screening

Bachir/Yerex Presentation Space, 4th floor
401 Richmond St. West
Toronto ON M5V3A8
Canada

Foggy: Palestine Solidarity, Cinema & the Archive is a screening program of eight new works by Palestinian artists and their allies that is being coordinated as part of the Queer Cinema for Palestine global festival.
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A square promotional image with a large amount of black and white text set against a black, grey, and white background. The text reads "Archive/Counter-Archive x Winnipeg Film Group. Stories from the Heart of Turtle Island. Black Lodge / 304-100 Arthur Street. Friday, November 17th, 2023. An explorative curation of Indigenous short films featuring objects of interest from the WFG archive. Curated by Artist-in-Residence Victoria Redsun.

Stories from the Heart of Turtle Island: A screening curated by ACA artist-in-residence Redsun//Sahgothé

304-100 Arthur Street
Winnipeg MB R3B 1H3
Canada

Join us on Friday, November 17th, at the Black Lodge for an evening screening of Indigenous Short Films! The event runs from 7-9 pm and is free to all. Pulled from the Winnipeg Film Group’s archival collection by Denesuline/Nehitho artist in residence, Redsun//Sahgothé — with Support from Archive/Counter-Archive.
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IAMHIST 2023 Plenary Roundtable Recordings Now Available!

We are very excited to announce that the plenary roundtable recordings for the 2023 IAMHIST conference are now available to freely stream on YouTube. These roundtables each feature several A/CA researchers speaking about their work with Canadian audiovisual archives. 

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Working Papers Series: Lola Rémy | Zoom, Dec 5

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 academic research in the area of archival studies. Our next speaker is Lola Rémy, who is a post-doctoral researcher at McGill University. Lola's talk will be followed by a Q&A with the audience, moderated by our student organizers, Emily Barton and Elina Lex.

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VIVO Media Arts Artist in Residence Announcement: Roxanne Charles and Easton Arnouse

We are pleased to announce that, in collaboration with our partner organization, VIVO Media Arts, we are hosting Roxanne Charles and her son, Easton Arnouse, as two new A/CA Artists in Residence. Throughout the following months, Roxanne and Easton will be working with VIVO to produce a new counter-archival project. Stay tuned over the following months for more details!

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A photography of a variety of film negatives arranged on light table. All of the film negatives depict portrait photos of trans women and/or drag performers.

ONSTAGE/OFFSTAGE Online Curatorial Talk, Oct 12

Tune in Thursday, Oct 12, from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Eastern for an Online Talk (via Zoom Webinar) with Jordan King and Dallas Fellini. This discussion will explore the process of navigating difficult language when curating from queer and trans archives, along with an exploration of seeking traces of transness in archival film and video.
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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.

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