Preserving Differences in a Connected World
Inspirations
The Analog Video Graveyard
"If it's on a shelf, it's in trouble" — Richard Wright, BBC
The Digital Afterlife?
Behaviors
Encoded
Depends on standard
John Whitney, Matrix III (1972) link 1 link 2
Behaviors
Encoded
Depends on purpose
Behaviors
Installed
Depends on hardware
Joan Jonas, Organic Honey's Vertical Roll (1972) link
Anthony McCall, Line Describing a Cone (1973) link
Behaviors
Performed
Depends on performer
Ken Jacobs, Day and Night/Bitemporal Vision (1994) link
Behaviors
Performed
Depends on context
Morten Boerresen, Video Baby
Behaviors
Interactive
Depends on software
Grahame Weinbren and Roberta Friedman, The Erl King (1982)
Behaviors
Networked
Depends on signal/links
Nam June Paik, Magnet TV (1965)
How can a standard accommodate difference?
- Open, simplistic formats
- Relationships that distribute and connect
- Beautiful slippage
Formats
Proliferating codecs
Formats
Look Ma, no codec!
MXF JPEG 2000 or FFV1
Relationships
Analog versus digital
Relationships
Connect distributed data
Distribute and Connect
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