Re: [-empyre-] Who decides and what to preserve

[sherry hocking <etc@experimentaltvcenter.org>]

very interesting conversations.  Thanks to Jon... A good friend of mine 
died Sunday, so Alan's recent post is especially meaningful...

I'm remembering the late 60s and early 70s and the evolution of "video" 
history. Many of us were completely uninterested in "preservation" of 
work - in fact the antithesis held. We intentionally erased tapes - the 
holders of information - and freely copied works and shared. 35 years 
later, preservation and history are important. I think it's impossible 
to identify in the moment what "needs" to be preserved.

> and for that matter is there a physical repository of outdated technology,
> > gramophones, record players, tapedecks, beta video machines, early
> > computers, etc ?
Part of the reason for the Video History Site 
http://www.experimentaltvcenter.org/history/index.html is to archive at 
least a small portion of the history - written by those who 
participated. There are other resources. The archiving and preservation 
of the tool set is especially critical, since the software/works are 
dependent on that set.

Sherry

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