#gava

NOW: Barefoot Archivist Wisdom in Tropical Zones: The "Guerilla Archiving" of Super 8 film in Piyamit Village by Fong Jia Min, independent audiovisual archivist, Taiwan-based Malaysian. Jiang Ping and Jiang Hua - guerilla former member of the Marxist-Leninist unit of the communist party of Malaya. Footage of their survival journey, guerilla activities, visiting delegation and combat situations in 71 reels, Beta and VHS. #GAVA2026 #GAVA #AVArchiving #GuerillaAVArchiving

Guerilla archiving - improvised film storage container using local materials Ba-ma resin + diesel, handmade waterproof zinc container, dry-roasted rice as dessicant 🤯😲😲 #AVArchiving #FilmArchiving #GuerillaArchiving #GAVA2026 #GAVA

Another week, another conference. This week I will be at the 3rd Global Audiovisual Archiving Conference #GAVA, with the amazing Thai Film Archive as host. My first time visiting this splendid institution in its complete form. My last trip here was when the 8 storey building was still under construction. #AudiovisualArchiving #AVPres

See program and schedule of #GAVA #GAVA2026 https://fapot.or.th/gava2026/pas.html

#GAVA started with a round-the-globe roundtable update on collaboration between academia and archives. Just like #DigiPres, the gap between haves and don't-haves is quite huge. The questions raised by the panelists were also similar - how can the don't-haves stop being just a case study? The underfunded approach [pragmatic?] should be looked at closely. The centre has shifted.

Straight out of our morning coffee break, we have Marek Jancovic, the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, sharing the CINEAGRI project and its usage of RAG data retrieval pipeline to help the historical research of photochemistry of film. The ultimate goal is to help film preservation and film archiving - open digital resource #GAVA2026 #GAVA

After lunch, we hear from Zoe Baru, National Film Institute, Papua New Guinea, and Jacqui Uhlmann, NFFA on NFSA-NFI partnership. Co-design model. First Nation's-led origins. Funding from Australian govt. #GAVA2026 #GAVA #CoDesign #FirstNations

Collaborative Preservation - lead by NFSA, guided by NFI. Best copies were selected - e.g. If NFSA has a better copy, that copy is selected. #GAVA2026 #GAVA #AVArchiving #Collaboration

Finally session of day 1 of #GAVA2026, we have a performative lecture "Against Archival Amnesia: Ratna Asmara and Collective Acts of Recovery" by Kelas Liarsip - Umi Lestari, Julita Pratiwi, Efi Sri Handayani. The lecture explored the Kelas Liarsip's adventure of identifying, preserving and restoring Dr Samsi by Ratna Asmara, women's filmmaking, Indonesian women's movement and alternative historical narrative. #GAVA2026 #GAVA #AVArchiving #AgainstArchivalAmnesia