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Your must-see for next week! With @bavcmedialab NYU Special Collections co-hosts a live screening/discussion on early video activism, celebrating the Peoples Video Theatre materials at Fales and supporting the cherished, nonprofit video preservation team @bavcpreserve . Register for the event by following the link in our bio, or by going to Eventbrite.com and search for "bavc". Repost from @bavcmedialab • Join @BAVCPreserve on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at 5:00pm PST / 8:00pm EST, as they follow the story of early video collectives The People’s Video Theatre and Survival Arts Media through their archive of preserved analog video. Some of this material was used in the new documentary, @CripCampFilm , while some of it hasn’t been seen by the public in over 40 years. After the screening, there will be a Q&A with former members of the collectives, Howard Gutstadt and Ben Levine and NYU archivist Kelly Haydon. ⁠ ⁠ Gain new context for the importance of archival footage, understand some of the history of early video, with emphasis on community impact, and watch some remarkable material from the archives⁠! Follow this link in our bio to RSVP.⁠ ⁠ From their roots as video activists to their mind-expanding experiments with video art and early immersive media performances, the story of PVT and SAM is the story of early video’s growth into its own distinct form of expression and storytelling.⁠ ⁠ The entire stream will be recorded for future viewing but you'll only be able to participate in the Q+A if you join us live!⁠ ⁠ #analog #AVpreservation #fromthearchive #videoart #videohistory #collective #archivalfootage #communitymedia #publicaccess #NYULibraries #SurvivalArtsMedia #PeoplesVideoTheater #BAVCpreservation #archive #analogvideo #digitization #preservationaccess #visualhistory #archivalmaterial #peopleshistory⁠ ⁠

Repost from @nyupreservation • "Guilty Men" is our third film for Preservation Week/May Day! A documentary on post-World War II war crimes trials, it is less obviously labor-related than the other films this week. However, the National Maritime Union's unique 16mm print, presented here, contextualizes it amid the crushing of trade unionism in Germany before the war, and the emerging threat of new fascism after the war ended. Content warning: This film depicts Nazi atrocities, and other historical scenes of death. https://youtu.be/19cKBTL1ceE #preservationweek #film #internationallaw #warcrimes #nyuspecialcollections #nfb #nmu

86% of digital objects in Fales collections are CDs and DVDs! A discovery made by Annie Schweikert who presented on her research into optical media preservation and access workflows at the #amia19 poster session. There was a line of people who wanted to talk about this weird business of optical media file structures. If you are at the @amiarchivists conference, snatch a groovy QR code business card that has a link to the full report. You can also find it by Googling "NYU Fales Optical Media"

Today is the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and two days before New York's pride parade, one of the largest in the world. To celebrate, we give you this recent discovery: Super 8mm footage from the 1977 gay liberation march in New York. That year many of the marchers' signs took shots at the singer Anita Bryant who campaigned against the rights of the LGBTQI+ community in Florida. The footage was found in the papers of AIDS activist Richard Berkowitz, co-author of the provocative book "How to Have Safe Sex in Epidemic" and subject of the film "Sex Positive." #pride #nycpride #stonewall50

Students from Lise Friedman's magazine course @nyugallatin look for inspiration from zines in the Riot Grrl Collection. . . #riotgrrl #zines #bikinikill #kathleenhanna #archives

A still from the recently digitized "Against the Inhuman Undershadow of the Lynch Mob" (1992) by filmmaker Rogerio Soares. This beautiful, meditative work is one of many screened at the long running MIX: New York Queer Experimental Film Festival, archived at Fales Library and Special Collections. Throughout this 50th anniversary year of the Stonewall riots, NYU will host events, panels, and performances that celebrate LBGTQ+ history. Search "stonewall NYU" for more information. . . . . @mix_nyc.filmfestival @nyupreservation #stonewall #queerfilm

Trolls are an overlooked preservation concern in optical media archives (as seen in the Nick Zedd papers). Read more about our efforts to preserve optical media (CDs, DVDs, etc.) on The Back Table (search for "the back table nyu" or go to wp.nyu.edu/specialcollections). . . . . . #archives #opticalmedia #avarchives #audiovisualarchives #nickzedd #trolls

Here comes the Spring semester. Looks like whoever owned this book was as riveted as all of you surely are... #welcomebackstudents #nyu #faleslibrary #elocution

New York has lost one of its greats. Our heart goes out to the @anthologyfilmarchives family. Reposted from @anthologyfilmarchives - It’s with enormous sadness and a great sense of loss that we share the news of the passing of Anthology’s founder, Jonas Mekas. He died peacefully at home, with family at his side. Jonas was the guiding force here at Anthology from its founding through to the present day, and even as he reached the age of 96 the idea that he might not be here in person to continue to inspire us has been inconceivable. But Jonas was nothing if not forward thinking, large spirited, and devoted in every fiber of his being to celebrating what is most vibrant in life and culture. His work as a filmmaker, artist, writer, and archivist (among many other roles) was animated precisely by a powerful, paradoxical balance between a preoccupation with the past and an inexhaustible openness to new ideas, forms, and experiences. What better model for confronting the fact of his passing, for balancing sorrow at his death with a celebration of the vitality of his legacy? His absence will be difficult to accept, but his spirit will continue to suffuse Anthology, New York City, and avant-garde culture around the world. - #regrann

Renovation preparation win: reshelving the collections = chance to appreciate some of the fabulous dust jackets in Fales British. Maud Silver is on the case... #femalesleuths #dustjacket #nyu

No turkey for us this year! Gourmet 1957 says ham every time... Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it #thanksgiving #gourmet #nyu #foodstagram

"Love is kind of crazy with a spooky little book like you." Have a safe and wonderful Halloween weekend everyone! . . . . #oldbooks #DustySpringfieldLyrics #spooktacular #ghoststories #halloween #joanfleming #wilkiecollins #sbaringgould