Exposing the Film Apparatus: Global Laboratory Perspectives
edited by Giovanna Fossati and Annie van den Oever
by Guy Edmonds, Sanna Mcgregor, Josef Van Wyk, Andrea Mariani, Ellen Warshadfilm, Landi Raubenheimer, Bongani J. Khoza, Liri Chapelan, Silvia Casini and Tim Van Der Heijden
Amsterdam University Press, 2026
ISBNs
Cloth: 978-90-485-6826-0
eISBN: 978-90-485-7475-9 (ePub)
eISBN: 978-90-485-6827-7 (PDF)
About the Book
This book addresses the growing awareness of the historical collections of film and media devices in film archives and media museums. Over thirty experts reflect on the prominent roles media technologies play in a range of social, cultural, curatorial, and educational practices as well as in storage, presentation, and research strategies, looking beyond the more customary range of debates to consider postcolonial issues and include voices from the Global South. Together their contributions investigate how media awareness impacts not only the strategies of media use, but also the archival and curatorial consciousnesses of those working in film and media archives, and at science, technology and media museums, as well as educationists, filmmakers and audiences in general.
About the Author
Giovanna Fossati is Professor of Media Heritage, Technology, and Culture at Utrecht University. Formerly Chief Curator of Eye Filmmuseum and Professor of Film Heritage at the University of Amsterdam, her research focuses on audiovisual archiving with a global and sustainable approach.Annie van den Oever is Distinguished Visiting Professor (University of Johannesburg) and, until recently, Professor of Film (University Groningen) and Extraordinary Professor of Film and Visual Media (University of the Free State). She published Doing Experimental Media Archaeology: Theory in 2022, with Andreas Fickers, and Technics in 2024, with Nicholas Baer.
Tags
Framing Film, Performing Arts, Art, Social Science