FIAF Commissions' Thursday Workshops
5th workshop of 2024
“Workshop/Discussion “Green Archiving” - Eco-Friendly Practices in Use in the Film Archives”
Duration: 2 hrs
Organized/presented by: Adelheid Heftberger (Host, Head of the CDC), and Reto Kromer (reto.ch GmbH), Clément Lafite (University of Udine, PhD, SAFE Project), Valentina Rossetto (Cineteca Nazionale), Caroline Figueroa Fuentes (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).
Limited to 20 participants.
Part 1: Presentation by Reto Kromer on how to make your streaming files more eco-friendly.
Part 2: Eco-friendly solutions for cleaning films? Current practices and future challenges (moderated by Clément Lafite, University of Udine / SAFE Project)
- Introduction (5 min)
- Talk 1. “Bio-cleaning alternatives for cellulose-based materials?” Valentina Rossetto (Cineteca Nazionale, Italy) (10 min)
- Talk 2. “Investigations on the effects of essential oils on motion picture films” Caroline Figueroa Fuentes (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany) (10 min)
- Discussion (35 min)
Target group: Digital preservationist, archivists responsible for creating sustainable workflows and basically everyone interested in the topic of how to make our archives “greener” and climate friendly by starting with small steps.
Content: We will look at adjustments which are comparatively easy to apply in archival preservation workflows. We will also discuss sustainable formats for AV material on a very practical level. Furthermore we aim to engage in a discussion and exchange of practices within the group.
Registration Form
Please use the form below to register for the forthcoming Commissions' Thursday Workshop. No fee will be charged, but places will be limited, for reasons of participant comfort and interactivity between participants and speakers. Should there be more applicants and places available, a selection will have to be made by the organizers on the basis of the information contained in the form, so please fill it in as rigorously as possible. Note that submitting this completed form does not guarantee your participation in these workshops.
The deadline for submitting the online form is Sunday 3 November. Selected candidates will be notified by email and will be given their preparatory homework (if applicable) by Thursday 7 November.
