Film is in a state of rapid change, with the transition from analog to digital profoundly affecting not just filmmaking and distribution, but also the theoretical conceptualization of the medium film and the practice of film archiving. New forms of digital archives are being developed that make use of participatory media to provide a more open form of access than any traditional archive has offered before. Film archives are thus faced with new questions and challenges.From Grain to Pixel attempts to bridge the fields of film archiving and academic research, by addressing the discourse on film ontology and analysing how it affects the role of film archives. Fossati proposes a new theoretization of film archival practice as the starting point for a renewed dialogue between film scholars and film archivists.
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Giovanna Fossati does more than simply give the most thoughtful, thorough and up-to-date account of the transformation in motion picture archiving over the last decades. She forces us to re-consider the nature of the moving image and prepare for a new era of communication and preservation. -- Tom Gunning, University of Chicago[ -] [ -]"Scholarly research on film and media is profoundly influenced by the way in which moving images are preserved and made accessible for scrutiny. This fact alone should make Giovanna Fossati's book a mandatory reading for all graduate courses in the field.[ -]" -- Paolo Cherchi Usai, Haghefilm Foundation
Acknowledgements, Framing Film (in Transition): an Introduction, PART 1
- Practice and Theory of (Archival) Film, PART 2 - 147 Theorizing (Archival)
Practice, A New Mindset for (Archival) Film in Transition: a Conclusion,
Notes, Glossary of technical terms, List of Illustrations, Filmography,
Bibliography
Giovanna Fossati is the chief curator of Eye Filmmuseum and professor of Film Heritage and Digital Film Culture at the University of Amsterdam.|
