MIAP Thesis Week 2024
It's that time of year again! The Moving Image Archiving and Preservation MA program at New York University is proud to present graduating students' culminating research and preservation projects from Monday, March 25th - Friday, March 29th in Michelson Theater at 721 Broadway, 6th Floor. Thesis presentations round out every MIAP student's experience. Each student presents their in-progress project to the community for support and feedback. For each session, there will be 40-45 minutes of presentation then the rest of the time is open for comments and questions.
The program
Monday March 25th
9:30-10:30 Carlos Saldaña Puerto
What Still Exists and Is Inexhaustible. A Preservation Plan for Gustavo & Igor Guayasamín’s Tiag
10:45-11:45 Matthew Yang
The Big 'M' In GLAM: Planning and Performing Media Migrations for Audiovisual Collections
Tuesday March 26th
9:30-10:30 Adrianne Lundy
Assessing Rights Management Risks in Moving Image Collections
10:45-11:45 Anthony Gonzalez
Power to the Printers: Exploring the Use of Digital Fabrication Technologies to Video Deck Repair
Wednesday March 27th
10:30-11:30 Julita Pratiwi
A Short Revisit: Film Historiography and Preservation in Indonesia
11:45-12:45 Sixuan(Momo) Li
Small-gauge Film Format History and Archival Conditions in China
1:00-2:00 José Solé
Developing the Metadata Negative: Informational Preservation and Time-Based Media Art
Friday March 29th
10:30-11:30 Cameron Smith
Interdisciplinary Archivist: A Survey of Work Completed in MIAP
11:45-12:45 Andrew Reichel
The Reel Changeover: The Preservation of Analog Film Projectors
1:00-2:00 Fin Hatfield
Pragmatic Approaches to Cleaning VHS Tapes
2:15-3:15 Jenny Hsu
Beyond Bytes and Beats: The Preservation of Digital Live Performance Art
RSVP
Info
Please sign up for each presentation you'd like to attend in the Eventbrite link above. RSVP is required for non-NYU guests. If you are part of the NYU community is it recommended you RSVP to help us have accurate numbers for attendance, but you may also show up on the day given there are enough seats available. Thesis advisors are assumed to attend each presentation of their advisee, but please RSVP to all other presentations you wish to attend. If your plans change, please send an email to tisch.preservation@nyu.edu so we can offer your spot to someone else in case we need to start a waitlist. We will not be live streaming presentations.
There will be a student staff member checking in attendees in the Tisch entrance lobby. Your attendance is granted to the building 30 minutes before presentations. Take the elevators to the 6th Floor and look for signs to Michelson Theater. There are bathrooms and water fountains available.If you need to request any accommodation, please email tisch.preservation@nyu.edu.