Today, motion pictures are omnipresent and available twenty-four-seven via mouse click, smartphone or HD screen. Audio-visual material strongly influences our public…
Today, motion pictures are omnipresent and available twenty-four-seven via mouse click, smartphone or HD screen. Audio-visual material strongly influences our public and private lives. Already in the Thirties important moments in private contexts were captured on film with a range of different cameras. This footage is now lying in attics or film boxes and in danger of being lost. In fact, these home movies could be historical documents of homosexual life styles, giving insight into previously unknown stories. Based on the documentary «Reel in the Closet» by Stu Maddox, who has dedicated his working life to exploring queer home movies (mainly from the US), Pink Apple has organised a discussion panel about this topic together with Gay Archives Switzerland (Schwulenarchiv Schweiz). Experts provide information about the situation in Swiss archives and institutions that take in private audio-visual material, and the possibilities of making these sociocultural treasures accessible for academic studies and the expansion of the historic picture of homosexuality in the Twentieth century.
Zu diesem Fokus gehören:
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Panel discussion
Free Entry
Self-directed
We will talk about the difficulties of storing film footage and the various options for long-term storage. We will also touch on the significance and entertainment value of private film material. When can we speak of «homosexual realities» shown in this material, and how about undiscovered footage in Swiss archives?
Kevin Einiger (presenter) works as research staff member for the independent expert committee «Administrative Versorgung» («Administrative Care») and is president of the Gay Archives Switzerland society.
Gabriel Baur is filmmaker and co-founder of Onix Film. 2002 was released her internationally acclaimed documentary «Venus Boyz». At the moment she's working on a new project, a documentary about Lady Shiva, restoring archive material from concerts of Lady Shiva from the 80's.
Stefan Länzlinger is a historian. He is head of the archives department of the Swiss Social Archives in Zurich. He mainly takes care of audiovisual records.
Christoph Stuehn is the director of the Memoriav Society, which aims to preserve, valorise and utilize audiovisual cultural assets in Switzerland.
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