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David Byrne at The Exploratorium 1991

The Preservation department, at bavc.org, has started cleaning and digitizing the Exploratorium's video collection. http://www.exploratorium.edu/  David Byrne is a Scottish-American musician and artist. He is perhaps best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the new wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1974 and 1991. Since then, Byrne has released his own solo projects on record, and worked in a variety of media, including film, photography, opera, and Internet-based projects.  

October 29, 2015|

Love Diamond by Miranda July

"Love Diamond" is the first full-length performance work by contemporary artist Miranda July. It was commissioned by the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, and performed at The Kitchen in 2000. BAVC Media preserved and digitized the work. Written, directed, and performed by Miranda July http://mirandajuly.com Live score: Zac Love Painting: Jamie IsensteinFor BAVC Media Preservation Promo Only 

October 29, 2015|

The Beastie Boys Live At The Kitchen In NYC 1983

The Kitchen is a non-profit art space in New York City originally founded in 1971 in Greenwich Village. It takes its name from its original location in the kitchen of the Mercer Arts Center. It was initially intended as a space for the exhibition of video art, the Kitchen soon expanded to include other forms of art including performance, exhibition, music and dance. Notable Kitchen alumni include Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Rocco Di Pietro, John Moran, Peter Greenaway, Ridge Theater, The Future Sound of London, Leisure Class, Brian Eno, and Cindy Sherman and many more. In this clip we get an inside [...]

October 29, 2015|

Preservation Access Program: Round 4 Clipreel

The Preservation Access Program began with a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to offer subsidized video and audio preservation services to artists and small to mid-sized arts and cultural heritage organizations. This is a highlight reel of what BAVC Media Preservation was able to preserve in our 4th round of our Preservation Access Program in Spring of 2015.

October 29, 2015|

Introduction to AVCompass

This free online resource from the Bay Area Video Coalition will give you direction in organizing, preserving, seeing and appreciating your audiovisual collection. From the unruly media room of your archive to the small box of tapes sitting in your home collecting dust, AV Compass will provide the basic tools you need to move forward in saving your films, tapes, discs and files for the long-term. http://bavc.org/

October 29, 2015|

The EcoCenter at Heron’s Head Park

The EcoCenter at Heron’s Head Park is a short documentary about the internship program at the EcoCenter, an off-the-grid building focused on environmental awareness and education. The internship, offered to high school and college students, gives youth from San Francisco the opportunity to gain hands-on experience regarding sustainability; specifically in terms of waste, water, and power.

October 21, 2015|

Will Bracy Beat

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October 8, 2015|
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