: Through outreach, they teach film students and the public that digital data isn't permanent and requires careful "digital preservation" to survive. Experience the Magic at Oldham Theatre
: Far from being a "dusty" archive, they curate thought-provoking screening series like "Off the Catalogue" "Fatal & Fallen"
To look into the "Asian film archive" is not to look at a collection, but at a verb—an action. It is the frantic work of a curator in Ho Chi Minh City using a dental tool to clean a mouldy reel; it is the legal fight of a collector in Kuala Lumpur to import a banned 1970s drama; it is the quiet miracle of a projector in a Tokyo museum clicking to life for an audience of five students.
: Through outreach, they teach film students and the public that digital data isn't permanent and requires careful "digital preservation" to survive. Experience the Magic at Oldham Theatre
: Far from being a "dusty" archive, they curate thought-provoking screening series like "Off the Catalogue" "Fatal & Fallen"
To look into the "Asian film archive" is not to look at a collection, but at a verb—an action. It is the frantic work of a curator in Ho Chi Minh City using a dental tool to clean a mouldy reel; it is the legal fight of a collector in Kuala Lumpur to import a banned 1970s drama; it is the quiet miracle of a projector in a Tokyo museum clicking to life for an audience of five students.
