Isa

full-time millennial, part-time art conservator, occasional audiovisual nerd

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Si sta come d'autunno
gli italiani all'estero
senza il bidet.

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Visiting the Swiss National Sound Archive to attend a presentation on a machine that can clean compact cassettes’ magnetic tape improved my week by 100%.

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Oh, how I’ve missed my babies 📼♥️

#audiovisual #VHS #avarchive

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Really excited that the University of Milan granted me the role of Prof Assistant for the course on Chemical and physical methods to preserve #audiovisual formats, and that I’ll host classes on magnetic #tapes #preservation

But inside I’m a bit like:

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What’s the point of taking digital notes on Oral History and #audiovisual #preservation, when you can use your mom’s #Olivetti #Lettera32?

Can’t tell if it’s harder to type on a QZERTY keyboard or on an actual typewriter.

[@portablesound.bsky.social @museumsound]

Our #ObjectOfTheWeek:
PHYSICAL OBJECT TBC
Silvertone Recording Wire
Sears Roebuck & Co, US
Circa 1940s
This 7,350 foot [2240m] spool of stainless steel recording wire had a ‘1 hour minimum recording or playback time at [a speed of] 2 feet [61cm] per second’.

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Unfortunately, the current pandemic has put an hold on most projects, and it can be harder for small archives to guarantee proper archival conditions.
#Digitisation and #preservation of #films, #tapes, #discs and old AV docs is a real race against time!

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To celebrate #AudiovisualHeritageDay I thought it would be nice to share a short clip of this unique film, from the #AudioVisual #Archive of the Institute for Contemporary History @IscPerretta in Como (Italy).

“Como è libera” - Como is free

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I would also love to see it (and the other AV documents of the Institute) uploaded online on the Institute website, free for all to watch and with a proper file description and English subtitles.

[Pen it Multimedia @Penitmultimedia]

It is World Day for Audiovisual Heritage🎥🎬📽📼📺

As we celebrate the day, we ask that audiovisual documents, such as films, radio and television programmes are safely kept to safeguard the primary records of the history of the 20th and 21st centuries.

#worldAudioVisualDay

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I'm excited to attend Digital Underground - Acquiring digital releases for the British Library’s Popular Music collection at 2020 IASA - FIAT/IFTA Joint Conference https://t.co/lSxegKZaFn #FIATIASA2020 @sched

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Sooo excited to join this year's conference! Can't believe a whole year has passed since I got the chance to be part of an incredibly welcoming community! #FIATIASA2020