This edition is organised within the context of the Swiss National Fund’s Narratives from the Long Tail: Transforming Access to Audiovisual Archives project which sets out to address and resolve the gap between digital archives and the embodied, participatory world of museological experience.
The conference will open the topic of exploring and experimenting with audiovisual collection presentation, by focusing on formats emerging both inside and outside the settings of the conventional film theatre and/or beyond traditional curatorial frameworks, that afford new forms of public engagement and access. This focus comprises (but is not limited to): immersive, participatory, or multi-screen formats; alternative presentation models that use emerging technologies or low-tech and creative DIY approaches; experimentation with computational analysis of audiovisual collections; and explorations in remix and artistic reuse.
Eye International Conference 2024
Presenting Audiovisual Collections: Experiments and Explorations
26 — 29 May 2024
The annual Eye International Conference is an opportunity for scholars, archivists, curators, filmmakers, students, artists, and film enthusiasts from across the world to gather together and explore contemporary professional and academic issues affecting audiovisual heritage today.
On 26 through 29 May 2024, Eye Filmmuseum, the University of Amsterdam and the Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+) at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) will present the 9th Eye International Conference, this time with the topic ‘Presenting Audiovisual Collections: Experiments and Explorations’.
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Schedule
The Eye International Conference 2024 will take place in Amsterdam from Sunday 26th to Wednesday 29th May 2024.
Please note that the official opening of the Eye International Conference will take place in the evening of Saturday 25th May in combination with the annual Meet the Archive programme.
Wednesday 29th May will consist of an Open House at the Eye Collection Centre, a programme of guided tours and screenings (limited capacity).
Participants are also invited to join the annual Meet the Archive, a public programme highlighting recent projects with the Eye Collection, on Saturday, 25th May.
Tickets
Passe-partouts
On-site Regular Conference Passe-partout (4 days): 100 euro
On-site Student Conference Passe-partout (4 days): 50 euro
Virtual Conference Passe-partout (3 days*): 25 euro
Day tickets
On-site Regular Conference Ticket (1 day): 50 euro
On-site Student Conference Ticket (1 day): 25 euro
*the Open House on Wednesday 29th May will not be recorded or live-streamed
Practical Information
We will offer coffee and tea throughout the day, lunch on Sunday to Tuesday, and a closing dinner on Tuesday evening. However, we will not serve dinner on any of the other days. There are many food options around the Eye Filmmuseum and Eye Collection Centre.
You are welcome to join us for Opening Drinks on Saturday 25th May at 17:45.
Looking for information on how to reach us?
Conference Programme Outline
Programme Booklet
Restaurant list
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Meet the Archive
Meet the Archive provides a kaleidoscopic look at the work of Eye’s restorers and curators. Eye’s collection comprises some 55,000 films as well as dozens of directors’, film professionals’ and institutions’ archives. The past year’s most remarkable, surprising (research) projects will be highlighted on 25 May 2024.
Open House at the Eye Collection Centre
On Wednesday 29th May, the conference concludes with a programme of guided tours and film screenings at the Eye Collection Centre. These activities have limited capacity. A physical sign-up sheet will be available at the guest desk throughout the conference.
Virtual Conference
Via the virtual conference platform, you can attend the day sessions. After the conference, both in-person and online attendees will be able to watch back the recordings on-demand for the remaining month. Note that the evening screenings will not be live-streamed and recorded.
Organisation
Steering committee
Giovanna Fossati (President)
Eleni Tzialli (Secretary)
Gerdien Smit (Policy Liaison)
Frank Roumen (Meet the Archive)
Programme committee
Giovanna Fossati (Eye/UvA)
Irene Haan (Eye)
Eleni Tzialli (Eye)
Christian Gosvig Olesen (UvA)
Kate Saccone (UvA)
Sarah Kenderdine (EPFL/eM+)
Yuchen Yang (EPFL/eM+)
Stéphanie Romon (EPFL/eM+)
This event is organised by Eye Filmmuseum in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+) which is part of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) within the context of the project Narratives from the Long Tail: Transforming Access to Audiovisual Archives - a collaboration between Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+), EPFL; Visual Intelligence for Transportation Laboratory (VITA), EPFL; Visualization and MultiMedia Laboratory (VMML), University of Zürich; and Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam (UvA).
It is supported by Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) and Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM).
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