Archive/Counter-Archive

Our Working Paper Series event is back with a presentation from UofT PhD candidate Cate Alexander. Cate will be sharing her presentation, "The Biases of YouTube Context Panels: Digging Through the Internet Archive and Deconstructing Black Boxes," on Nov 28th, 4:30pm on Zoom.

The WPS brings together PhD students from different universities to hear about exciting academic research in the area of archival studies. More specific details about the talk will be available soon on our website.

Cate will present her research, followed by a Q&A discussion with the event organizers, Em Barton and Elina Lex. This event is open to the public. To register for the event, visit: yorku.zoom.us/j/93510917901?…

Our Working Paper Series event is back with a presentation from UofT PhD candidate Cate Alexander. Cate will be sharing her presentation, "The Biases of YouTube Context Panels: Digging Through the Internet Archive and Deconstructing Black Boxes," on Nov 28th, 4:30pm on Zoom.

Check out the Viral Interventions conference about HIV/AIDS video activism. vimeo.com/1028928562/500… Day One: eventbrite.ca/e/viral-interv… Day Two: eventbrite.com/e/viral-interv… @TheArQuives @TIFF_NET @Counter_Archive

🗓️À marquer dans vos agendas ! Le mercredi 6 novembre à 19h30 au GIV 🗓️Mark your calendars! Next Wednesday, November 6th at 7:30 PM at GIV. AFTERSHOCK commissaires | curators Lorna Boschman, Sebnem Ozpeta Événement Facebook event 👉 facebook.com/share/fhpeL2k5…

Next week, another event of interest to those in the A/CA network in MTL. "Women and Invisible Labour: Re-Imagining the Archive" with Varda Nisar and Lola Rémy on October 29 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm @COHDS. Free and open to all but you must register ahead. storytelling.concordia.ca/event/women-an…

Novembre sera le mois "archive" au GIV ! November will be "archive" month at GIV! 2️⃣ Projections | Screenings 6 nov. - 𝑨𝑭𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑯𝑶𝑪𝑲 27 nov. - 𝑷𝑶𝑹𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑻𝑺 𝑫𝑼 𝑷𝑨𝑺𝑺𝑬́, 𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑷𝑬𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑬𝑺 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑴𝑷𝑶𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑵𝑬𝑺 Entrée libre | Free

Next week on Oct 29th at 401 Richmond, Toronto: the second event in the monthly series, Open-Forum: Anti-Racism on Screen, featuring Marjorie Beaucage and Lisa Myers. Free and open to the general public.

We’ve been quietly planning our next launch…we have screenings coming up with @WinnipegFilm on November 7, and December 11 at @innistownhall! In the meantime, check out our catalogue of films by essential Canadian experimental filmmakers! blackzero.ca

Treasures from the Mastrangelo Collection: Non-Fiction Films Wed, Nov 6, 7pm at @innistownhall A screening of 35mm prints from the Mastrangelo Collection. Q&A with Luca Caminati, Tess Takahashi and Alberto Zambenedetti. Free and open to all! cinema.utoronto.ca/events/treasur…

The exhibition presents archival material never before seen in Toronto, including digitized Super 8 and open-reel video, photos, letters, newspaper clippings, & admin documents, providing a glimpse into the collaborative & feminist work of those who brought the festival to life.

Recently celebrating 50 years, the 1973 Women & Film International Festival remains an overlooked event in Canadian film history. The festival showcased films made by women, such as Alice Guy-Blaché, Leni Riefenstahl, Alanis Obomsawin, and Agnès Varda.

The exhibition A Feminist Lens: The 1973 Women & Film International Festival curated by Cléo Sallis-Parchet opens this Sunday Oct 27th @TIFF_NET counterarchive.ca/feminist-lens-…

Produced by A/CA researchers Monika Kin Gagnon and Elina Lex, this episode features experimental filmmaker Chantal Partamian. Her work uses super 8mm and found footage, & her archival activities centre on the preservation and restoration of reels from the Eastern Mediterranean.

Watch the first episode of Talking Archives 2, the 2nd edition of our online interview series featuring conversations with filmmakers, archivists, and researchers who presented at the 2024 Global Audiovisual Archiving Conference counterarchive.ca/talking-archiv…

POP-UP CINEMATHEQUE presents EIGHT 16MM SCREENINGS from the Media Commons Archives! Come on Mondays starting 28 October to see free analog films featuring special introductions hosted at the Media Commons in Robarts Library. Register for free tickets: uoftcinematheque.eventbrite.com

4 Films by Jean Painlevé presented by @jamesleocahill October 7, 7pm in @innistownhall For more details, see cinema.utoronto.ca/events.

This study day on Aug 28th is designed as a forum for media researchers, archivists, film curators and Quebec-based artists to share their theoretical and methodological questions in their research on feminist and queer media. Free and open to the public!

We are excited to announce an upcoming event at the Cinémathèque québécoise called AV/revoir les archives! Méthodes, théories et activations des archives queer et féministes, on Aug 28th. The study day is free and open to the public. To register: forms.gle/7xmthieGvqNyrG…

Recent article published by Yfile offering details about our recent summer conference, GAVA, and its future possibilities yfile.news.yorku.ca/2024/08/07/pro…