Online/Virtual Event

Wednesday, June 17th 2020 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm

See a recording of this webinar here.

Back in 2016, METRO and XFR Collective created an audio/video digitization rack for community use. In this webinar, we discussed our partnership model with XFR Collective. We talked about XFR Collective’s origin story, digitization partnerships, and community education initiatives. We also screened excerpts of a digitized tape from the Monday-Wednesday-Friday Video Club collection, a 1980s downtown New York underground video art distribution org.

XFR (pronounced "transfer") Collective partners with artists, activists, and community organizations to lower the barriers to preserving at-risk audiovisual media – especially unseen, unheard, or marginalized works – through digitization, screenings, educational workshops, and pop-up events. Operating through a non-hierarchical model, XFR Collective works to create an inclusive environment in which to explore practical methods for media preservation, archiving, and access.

To view a recording of this presentation, please click on the link below.