We care for moving image art

The project titled The Audiovisual Work Outside the Context of Cinema: Documentation, Archiving, and Access, which was  led by the Národní filmový archiv, aimed to create a long-term, sustainable strategy for the preservation and accessibility of art of the moving image. It worked with the initial assumption of digitisation and the digital preservation of works that were originally created in a broad spectrum of both analogue and digital, professional and amateur image formats that are difficult to reproduce technically today.

The aim was to develop an infrastructure, a methodology, and a digital standard for long-term storage in high quality, and also an increase in accessibility, including online tools. The project assumed a long-term collaboration between the Národní filmový archiv and collecting institutions and the implementation of the methods and processes developed into their collecting and exhibiting activities.

The project was realized between 2020 and 2023 on the basis of interdisciplinary collaboration between a historical team and specialists in digital archiving.

Specialised Public Database

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Videoarchiv – Specialised Public Database (videoarchiv.nfa.cz/katalog) provides access to the general public to information about the works that are part of the collection of the Národní filmový archiv, including archival documentation and video previews.

Mapping the Moving Image

The book Mapping the Moving Image. Media, Agents, and Sites in the Czech Context (S. Poláková, M. Mazanec, eds., 2022) is dedicated to a critical assessment of the practice of the moving image in the Czech art world from the 1970s until today.

Methodology

→ Michal Klodner et al., Metodika dokumentace, archivace a zpřístupnění uměleckých děl s audiovizuálním obsahem nekinematografické povahy [Methodology for the Documentation, Archiving, and Accessibility of Artworks with Audiovisual Content of a Non-cinematographic Character], 2022. (PDF)

The methodology is intended for memory institutions of both the museum and archival kind that already administer or are planning to collect art of the moving image with the aim of long-term digital storage and access.

Guidelines

→ Michal Klodner, Technicko-organizační směrnice provozu archivního systému pohyblivého obrazu [Technico-organisational Guidelines for Operating an Archival System of the Moving Image], 2022. (PDF)

The guidelines establish a framework for the use of the archival system for long-term archiving in a specialised archive or other organisation focusing on digital archiving of the moving image and is intended for the direct originators of material for long-term storage making use of such an archival system as a service on the bases of a bilateral deposit contract.

Pilot Scheme

Jonáš Svatoš, Poloprovoz vytváření a zpřístupnění digitálních archivních balíčků se zaměřením na umělecká díla s audiovizuálním obsahem nekinematografické povahy [Pilot Scheme for Creating and Making Accessible Digital Archive Packages with a Focus Towards Artworks with Audiovisual Content of a Non-cinematographic Character], 2022. (PDF)

This pilot scheme is a complex chain for processing audiovisual objects suitable for archiving. It is composed of acquisitional preparation, the creation of an entry package, its processing following the OAIS model, and presentation in the specialised database. The chain consists of hardware components on which the software acquisition and archiving platform runs.

Studies

• Michal Klodner, Rozšířené pole mediálního umění a politiky jeho sbírek [The Expanded Field of Media Art and the Politics of Its Collections]. ArteActa, 2021, 4, no. 6. (URL)
• Markéta Jonášová, Frisbee (2004–2006). Sešit pro umění, teorii a příbuzné zóny, 2020, no. 30. (URL)
• Sylva Poláková: Dobroslav Zborník. Dokumentarista mezi neoficiálními výtvarnými umělci v 70- a 80. letech. Iluminace, 2022, č. 3. (URL)

Online exhibitions

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• The Czech Electronic Image, 1994 (13. – 26. 9. 2021, Zdeňka Čechová, Michael Bielický, Martin Hřebačka, René Slauka, Lucie Svobodová, Marian Palla, Petr Váša, Radek Pilař. Kurátor: Martin Mazanec)
• First Wave (27. 9. – 10. 10. 2021, Niké Papadopulosová, Ondřej Anděra, Jan Zajíček, Elen Řádová, Janka Vidová, Markéta Baňková, Marek Mařan, Naďa Slováková, Zdeněk Mezihorák, Filip Cenek. Kurátor: Tomáš Pospiszyl)
• Argumented Reality (11. 10. – 24. 10. 2021, Martin Búřil, Barbora Trnková a Tomáš Javůrek, Lenka Hámošová, Tomáš Kajánek, Oskar Helcel, David Přílučík, Martin Blažíček, Alice Růžičková, Martin Ježek. Kurátorka: Lenka Střeláková)

Realisation team

Sylva Poláková (project manager), Michal Klodner, Markéta Mansfieldová, Lujza Kotočová, Jakub Jirka, Jan Trnka, Marie Barešová, Ladislav Cubr, Jonáš Svatoš, Josef Vítovec, Martin Mazanec, Lenka Střeláková, Tomáš Pospiszyl, Kateřina Svatoňová, Eva Krátká, Matěj Forejt, Matěj Strnad, Martin Blažíček.

Contact

Project leader: sylva.polakova@nfa.cz
Distribution and researcher access: reserse@nfa.cz