Workshop How to Keep our Audiovisual Memories Safe?

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HET HUIS VAN ALIJN PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION: INTERVIEWING THE USER ABOUT THEIR USE: DOING ORAL HISTORY CENTRAL QUESTION: WHAT DO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND / RECONSTRUCT THE HOME MODE USER? Workshop How to Keep our Audiovisual Memories Safe? Storing Home Movies, Home Video and Online Content May 2-3, Bonn, Institut für Landeskunde und Regionalgeschichte

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HET HUIS VAN ALIJN PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION: INTERVIEWING THE USER ABOUT THEIR USE:

DOING ORAL HISTORY

CENTRAL QUESTION: WHAT DO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND / RECONSTRUCT THE HOME MODE USER?

Workshop How to Keep our Audiovisual Memories Safe?Storing Home Movies, Home Video and Online Content

May 2-3, Bonn, Institut für Landeskunde und Regionalgeschichte

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MUSEUM PRACTICE / BEHIND THE SCENE①THE START OF A (DIGITAL) COLLECTION② VIEWING / SELECTING③ DIGITAL COPY / DIGITAL ARCHIVING④ INTERVIEW / ORAL HISTORY⑤ DESCRIBING / CATALOGUING

MUSEUM PRACTICE / ON STAGEUSE / RE-USE / OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

2006-2007 EXHIBITION ‘EVERYDAY LIFE IN MOVING IMAGES’ 2007-2008 EXHIBITION ‘GENT IN MOVING IMAGES’ 2010 EXHIBITION ‘HURRAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS’2012 EXHIBITION ‘THEIR MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY’

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THE START OF A (DIGITAL) COLLECTION①

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THE START OF A (DIGITAL) COLLECTION①

o 2004 : 0 home movies

o new museum presentation 50’s-60’s-70’s > The House of Alijn tells the story about everyday life in the 20th century in Flanders.

o call for bringing home movies to the museum

o # 2004-2013 : 3933 reels / by 369 PERSONS / 1505 digitized = 256h = 2,83TB

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VIEWING / SELECTING②

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VIEWING / SELECTING②

o every movie is viewed & numbered

o basic info (format, length, color, sound, condition, subject) is listed

o not every movie is usable > selection

o first contact with filmmaker / loaner > information about the use / goal by the museum

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DIGITAL COPY/ DIGITAL ARCHIVING③

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DIGITAL COPY/ DIGITAL ARCHIVING③

o selected movies are digitized (VCN, NL)

o digital copy on Digibeta, DVCam > harddisk > editing software FCPro for presentation in museum

o loaner receives copy on dvd

o original reel returns to owner or is donated to the museum o agreement about the use is signed

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DIGITAL COPY/ DIGITAL ARCHIVING③

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INTERVIEW / ORAL HISTORY④

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o filmmaker / family / loaner > who can give more information about the movie?

o interview is audio-recordedo identification files about the filmmaker and/or loaner

questions about the profession, activity in filmclub, use at home or outside, … relation to the filmmaker (loaner)

o general questions about the use/making/viewing:questions about the production (how many movies?), at what occasion, the editing, the screening, who was present at the screening, when ? how often? What was the intention of the maker, …

o specific questions about the content (by using film stills)Who, where, when, …

o agreement about the use of the interview

o transcripition interview

INTERVIEW / ORAL HISTORY

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DESCRIBING / CATALOGUING⑤

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DESCRIBING / CATALOGUING⑤

o every film is described in the collection management system Adlib Museum

o transcription of the interview is linked (pdf)

o description is detailed (search on words rather than keywords)

o private information is not published

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USE / RE-USE / OPEN TO THE PUBLIC⑥

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USE / RE-USE / OPEN TO THE PUBLIC⑥

o main use by the museum: museum-presentation + exhibitions + publications

o recent development: lot of interest & demand for external use (by production houses, museums, VRT, cultural heritage organisations, schools, social projects, artistic use, etc. ) > how to deal with it? > Studio Alijn

o website / vimeo

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EXHIBITION ‘EVERYDAY LIFE IN MOVING IMAGES’ 2006-2007

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FROM CHRONICLES TO EXCERPTS

ALL THESE IMAGES WERE MADE FOR POSTERITY

IN ORDER TO KEEP BYGONE THINGS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

TODAY THEY ALLOW US TO TAKE A GLANCE AT THE PAST

THEY TELL OR SHOW A STORY BEFORE AND BEHIND THE CAMERA

CERTAIN ASPECTS OF BYGONE TIMES

BUT ALSO HOW AND WHEN THE CAMERA WAS USED

WHO WAS FILMING, HIDDEN AND EXPOSED IMAGES, ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERIES

RECORDED AND DIRECTED, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC

AN INEXHAUSTIBLE, FASCINATING SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THE STUDY

RECOGNIZABLE AND SUPRISING, AFFIRMING AND CONFRONTING

EXHIBITION ‘EVERYDAY LIFE IN MOVING IMAGES’

UNIQUE AND STEREOTYPICAL, PERSONAL AND UNIVERSAL

OF EVERYDAY LIFE

2006-2007

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EXHIBITION ‘EVERYDAY LIFE IN MOVING IMAGES’ 2006-2007

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EXHIBITION ‘EVERYDAY LIFE IN MOVING IMAGES’ 2006-2007

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EXHIBITION ‘EVERYDAY LIFE IN MOVING IMAGES’ 2006-2007

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EXHIBITION ‘GENT IN MOVING IMAGES’ 2007-2008

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EXHIBITION ‘GENT IN MOVING IMAGES’ 2007-2008

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EXHIBITION ‘GENT IN MOVING IMAGES’ 2007-2008

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EXHIBITION ‘GENT IN MOVING IMAGES’ 2007-2008

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EXHIBITION ‘HURRAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS!’ 2010

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EXHIBITION ‘HURRAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS!’ 2010

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EXHIBITION ‘HURRAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS!’ 2010

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EXHIBITION ‘HURRAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS!’

Audio-comment bij film F1120 door Manja De Corte, 30 juni 2010

2010

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EXHIBITION ‘HURRAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS!’

http://vimeo.com/huisvanalijn/mooi-wezen-in-knokke-1949

2010

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EXHIBITION ‘THEIR MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY’ 2012

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EXHIBITION ‘THEIR MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY’ 2012

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EXHIBITION ‘THEIR MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY’ 2012

FFF6

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EXHIBITION ‘THEIR MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY’ 2012

F03435-SUPER8

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EXHIBITION ‘THEIR MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY’ 2012

F03435-SUPER8

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EXHIBITION ‘THEIR MOST BEAUTIFUL DAY’ 2012

F03435-SUPER8

http://vimeo.com/huisvanalijn/huwelijk-marie-therese-en-eric-1969

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www.huisvanalijn.be/collection/bewegend-beeld

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