<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi, how much of these tapes are still readable, does anyone know?<br><br></div>Ciao,<br></div>Murat<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Renate Terese Ferro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rferro@cornell.edu" target="_blank">rferro@cornell.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">----------empyre- soft-skinned space----------------------<br>
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Wecome Kristin,<br>
It turns out that the ETC video tape wall was just the tip of the iceberg<br>
and as Sherry, Ralph and Tim and a team of amazing people at the Cornell<br>
Library can attest that it has taken months to pack, move, catalog, and in<br>
many cases reformat work. The documentation that accompanies this work as<br>
well as the equipment that was innovated and built at the center is even<br>
another set of issues to consider. You can track earlier posts of this<br>
months conversation at<br>
<a href="http://lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au/pipermail/empyre/2015-September/date.htm" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.artdesign.unsw.edu.au/pipermail/empyre/2015-September/date.htm</a><br>
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We also have an -empyre FACEBOOK. Friend us because later today I will<br>
be posting some photos that Sherry and Peer Bode have been circulating.<br>
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My own artistic storage shelves of of Super 8 films, Hi-8, video<br>
cassettes, DVD¹s and digital hard drives I am find at times impossible to<br>
manage. Early in the discussion this month I mentioned that Lynn Hershman<br>
hds shared with me when asked why her archives were so incredibly large<br>
and inclusive, ³If I did not archive my collection who will.² Sherry and<br>
Patrick Lichty made responsive posts but Sherry in her wisdom grace<br>
reminded artists to ask themselves where they wanted to spend their time<br>
and resources.<br>
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I have decided I want to make more work and not get dragged down by the<br>
details of archiving. Though I always assimilate notes on production and<br>
archiving that will be for someone else to assimilate or maybe not.<br>
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I recently saw a link to Hal Foster¹s new book Bad New Days: Art,<br>
Criticism, Emergency, out now from Verso<br>
<<a href="http://www.versobooks.com/books/1961-bad-new-days" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.versobooks.com/books/1961-bad-new-days</a>>.<br>
<a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/comment/reviews/books/159118/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://theartnewspaper.com/comment/reviews/books/159118/</a><br>
The review I saw recounts Foster¹s description of the recent trend in<br>
museums to re-enact old performance based work in essence making zombie<br>
art.<br>
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My FACEBOOK response was<br>
--All historical work is dead isn't it? It is the place of the museum and<br>
the role of the viewer/receiver of the work to enliven a new connection<br>
and therefore new life. Will have to put this on my to read list.‹<br>
What I did not add which I should have was that ARCHIVES such as the Rose<br>
Goldsen Archive of New Media Art UNLIKE MUSEUMS allow historical work to<br>
breathe, to become interactive with the researchers, artists, and many<br>
others who want direct access to it. Unlike a museum that exhibits and<br>
makes available a very small portion of their holdings, the essence of the<br>
archive is to open up new networks for historical work. Here is a short<br>
article Tim and I wrote and presented at the Digital Arts and Culture<br>
Conference a few years ago.<br>
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<a href="https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2565799j" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2565799j</a><br>
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Looking forward to more of your posts.<br>
Renate<br>
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Hello empyre,<br>
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I just joined the community. Today after reading Renate's post and having<br>
recently visited my storage space, I thought... Wow. I must have produced<br>
equally as many video tapes as ETC has entered into the Rose Goldsen<br>
Archive of New Media Art at Cornell Library. An entire wall of my storage<br>
space is dedicated to 3/4, beta SP, laser disk, VHS, SVHS, Video-8, and<br>
miniDV tapes, plus CDs, DVDs, and hard drives, the majority of which are<br>
full of material I recorded at ETC since my first visit in 1995. Now<br>
imagine how many other artists went to ETC and do the math on how many<br>
boxes of tapes are out there that passed through the playheads of ETC<br>
decks!<br>
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Kristin<br>
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Renate Ferro<br>
Visiting Associate Professor of Art<br>
Cornell University<br>
Department of Art<br>
Tjaden Hall, Office 306<br>
Ithaca, NY 14853<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:rferro@cornell.edu">rferro@cornell.edu</a><br>
URL: <a href="http://www.renateferro.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.renateferro.net</a><br>
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</span>On 9/21/15, 8:22 PM, "kristin lucas" <<a href="mailto:kristinlucas@gmail.com">kristinlucas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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