Berlin - Video Forum - Neuer Berliner Kunstverein

(only in German)
Das Video-Forum im Neuen Berliner Kunstverein wurde 1972 als Ort der Vermittlung, Information und Diskussion des damals noch neuen Mediums Video von Berliner Videokünstlern gegründet und ermöglichte von Beginn an die Begegnung zwischen Videokünstlern und Publikum. Mittlerweile umfaßt die historisch bedeutende Sammlung über 1000 Titel internationaler Videokunst von den Anfängen in den späten 60er Jahren bis in die unmittelbare Gegenwart. Von 2002 bis 2004 ist der gesamte Bestand digitalisiert und von seinem ursprünglichen analogen Trägermaterial auf DVD übertragen worden.

Das Video-Forum hat vor allem Archivcharakter und bietet den Besucherinnen und Besuchern als reine Präsenzvideothek kostenlos die Möglichkeit, die Videoarbeiten hier vor Ort zu sichten. Zu diesem Zweck wurde im Sommer 2001 eine Sichtungslounge eingerichtet, die von dem in Berlin lebenden Künstler Andreas Schlaegel gestaltet worden ist. Außerdem stellten der Schweizer Künstler Rémy Markowitsch, der russische Künstler Anatolij Shuravlev und der iranische Künstler Shahram Entekhabi Fotoinstallationen sowie eine Sitzskulptur großzügig als Leihgaben für die Lounge zur Verfügung.

Wertvolle Orientierungshilfe ist dem Publikum des Video-Forums dabei der im Frühjahr 2001 erschienen deutsch-englisch-sprachige Bestandskatalog, der neben dem Verzeichnis der Sammlung auch weiterführende Informationen zu den Videowerken und biographische Notizen zu den Künstlerinnen und Künstlern enthält. Eine Präsentation der Texte mit Videostills der Werke im Internet ist im Aufbau.

In regelmäßigen Abständen tritt das Video-Forum als Co-Produzent neuer Werke von in Berlin lebenden Künstlerinnen und Künstlern auf und hat bis heute 18 neue Videoproduktionen realisiert. Im Rahmen der Veranstaltungreihe “Treffpunkt NBK” führt das Video-Forum Werkschauen von einzelnen Video-Künstlern und Auswahlprogramme von Video-Festivals durch und präsentiert Neuerwerbungen und Uraufführungen von Eigenproduktionen. In diesem Rahmen werden ebenfalls Vermittlerinnen und Vermittler eingeladen, internationale Werke in Form von Screenings vorzustellen. Gleichermaßen zeigt das Video-Forum seit 2002 die eigene Sammlung mit verschiedenen Programmen aktueller Tendenzen im In- und Ausland.
Das Format der Künstlergesprächs wurde 2003/2004 ergänzt durch die Gesprächsreihe "Illuminating Video", zu der internationale Künstler eingeladen waren, ihre Werke zu präsentieren und gemeinsam mit Vermittlerinnen und Vermittlern zu diskutieren. Gäste in diesem Sonderprogramm waren Destiny Deacon, Christian Jankowski, Yang Fudong, Maria Marshall und Shirin Neshat.

Nach der viel beachteten Ausstellung "Rewind to the Future" in Kooperation mit dem Bonner Kunstverein (1999/2000), präsentiert das Video-Forum seit 2003 jedes Jahr ein neues Projekt zur Videokunst. Diese neue Serie begann im Januar 2003 mit der Ausstellung “Urban Collisions. Zivilisatorische Konflikte im Medium Video". Sie wurde 2004 mit der Einzelausstellung "Album" von Matthias Müller und 2005 mit der Gruppenausstellung „Masculinities“ fortgesetzt.

Seit Mitte der 90er Jahre ist außerdem eine künstlerische CD-ROM- Sammlung im Aufbau, die an zwei in der Sichtungslounge installierten Rechnern vom Publikum eingesehen werden kann. Wertvoller Bestandteil dieser Sammlung sind die von dem Berliner Medienkunst-Festival “transmediale” als Dauerleihgabe zur Verfügung gestellten CD-Roms.

Chausseestr. 128/129, 10115 Berlin, 1. Etage
http://www.nbk.org/video-f.html

Nach telefonischer Vereinbarung unter der Nummer 030-280 70 20 kann das Video-Forum zu folgenden Zeiten besucht werden:
Di & Do 14 - 21 Uhr
Mi & Fr 12 - 17 Uhr

Istanbul - 5533

• Since when does the project exist?
February 2008

• Until when the Project go on? (If it is planned)
indefinite

• What is the content, selection criteria and goal of the documentation?
Giving access to local and international curators, art organizers, initiatives, off-spaces, and students.

• Which media or material is being collected/documented?
DVD, CD and catalogues

• Does it have a fixed location or is it touring? (root?)
Fixed

• Typ of financial background.
self financed

• contact address / web address
www.imc5533.blogspot.com

Ljubljana - SCCA

Study video & audio archive of contemporary arts with a focus on video art

Focus
SCCA-Ljubljana has focused mainly on video production (in Slovenia) which has become recognised as professionally on a very high level and won a lot of international prizes and awards. Video has been important also as a tool for documentation of civic society movement in the time of a process of liberalisation and democratisation from the early 80's through the time of transition in the 90's.

Audiovisual materials - mainly video works, documentary projects as well as non-edited audio and video recordings, photographs and documents - represent an important segment of the material and intellectual heritage as well as the historic memory.

In SCCA-Ljubljana archive (analogue and digital) one can find video works of Slovene artists: Vesna Bukovec, Vuk Cosic, Nuša Dragan, Sreco Dragan, Davide Grassi, Jasna Hribernik, Marko A. Kovacic, Damijan Kracina, Ema Kugler, Zmago Lenardic, Andrej Lupinc, Marijan Osole - Max, Marko Peljhan, Sašo Podgoršek, Nataša Prosenc, Mojca Pungercar, Duba Sambolec, Sašo Sedlacek, Rok Sieberer - Kuri, Mirko Simic, Bojan Štokelj, Apolonija Šušteršic, Peter Vezjak, Miha Vipotnik, Sašo Vrabic, Andrej Zdravic, ZANK - Zemira Alajbegovic & Neven Korda …

Archive includes also foreign artists as well as programmes and archives of similar organisations and media centres, among them also: Video Edition Austria - 30 years of video art in Austria: Release_1 (Medienwerstatt Wien), Paper Tiger TV Production, Showcase 1995-1996 (California Institute of Arts, Los Angeles), Collection Mir X-Presse (Station Mir, Caen), Axis - database on contemporary visual artists living/working in Britain (Metropolitan University, Leeds), Collection of video artists from Hungary (C3 - Center for Culture and Communication, Budapest), Peterburg’s media production (Proarte Institute for Contemporary Arts, St. Peterburg), Multimedia projects from Kazahstan (Center for Contemporary Art, Almaty), Video Art Collection of the 90's, Center for Contemporary Art-Odessa, Butterfly Effect (C3, Budapest), One Minute Foundation - The One Minutes Awards 2000-2006, Peter Weibel, Dalibor Martinis, Dara Birnbaum, Thomas Korschil, Jodi, Douglas Davis, Thea Telia, Etoy...

SCCA-projects
SCCA-Ljubljana: http://www.scca-ljubljana.si
Videodokument: http://www.videodokument.org/
Internet Portfolio: http://www.internet-portfolio.org/
Videospotting: http://www.scca-ljubljana.si/videospotting.htm
What is to be Done with Audiovisual Archives?: http://www.e-arhiv.org/info-en.htm

SCCA, Center for Contemporary Arts – Ljubljana, Metelkova 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
e-mail: info@scca-ljubljana.si
http://www.scca-ljubljana.si

Malmö - SIGNAL

SIGNAL is a non-profit organisation founded in 1998 focusing on the production, presentation, discourse and promotion of contemporary art, run by a group of artists and curators exploring the possibilities of a collaborative curatorial praxis and the various functions of the exhibition venue. Along with the exhibitions an extensive programme of
lectures, screenings, reading groups and short term projects is continiusly organised.

• Since when does the project exist?
The Artist Archive was set up in 2004.
• Until when the Project go on? (If it is planned)
As long as SIGNAL will be operating.
• What is the content and goal of the documentation?
The Artist Archive presents artists based in the south of Sweden, mainly in Malmoe. The artists are represented with their portofolio, catalogues, film material etc. The aim of the archive is to serve as a useful tool offering research opportunities on the contemporary art scene in Malmö.

SIGNAL, Sodra Skolgatan 31, SE-214 22 Malmoe, Sweden
http://www.signal-galleri.org

Tbilisi, Georgia - Archidrome, Contemporary Art Archive

project initiated by GeoAIR

• Since when does the project exist?
2007

• Until when the Project go on? (If it is planned)
Open end

• Is it a virtual or conventional platform, or both?
Planned both, for the moment physical

• What is the content, selection criteria and goal of the documentation?
main focus is on Visual Art. Selection criteria is contemporary art in Caucasus region.
Goal: It is about making a place, where people can come, research and see creations, knowledge, experience and ideas that originate or are to be found in the Caucasus.

• Which media or material is being collected/documented?
physical as digital portfolios (CD, DVD), Catalogues, Annual rapports, Magazines concerning art.

• Does it have a fixed location or is it touring? (root?)
Fixed

• Type of financial background.
One-time grant from Soros Foundation, since then self financed

• contact address / web address
http://www.archidrome.blogspot.com/
artist.archive@gmail.com

touring (Holon, Istrael) - Video Archive of the Israeli Center for Digital Art

The Israeli Center for Digital Art in Holon was founded with the aim to promote and distribute media art and video art in Israel. It is the first exhibition space in Israel dedicated to presenting media art, video art, net art and interactive sound.
In keeping with these goals, an archive for video art and digital media has been operating at the Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon for several years now. The Video Archive contains more than 1,500 titles, including works by Israeli and International artists who have exhibited at the center and works by artists who have contributed works over the years. Following many requests by local Israeli scholars, students, and art lovers, the center decided to transform it into a video archive open to the public.

The archive is intended primarily to represent local contemporary artistic practice. It is distinguished by a concentration of local and regional (Near East) work and by creating work contacts with similar bodies worldwide based on the exchange of information, knowledge, and work collections, enabling the expansion of the archive and the promotion of Israeli artists abroad.

The Video Archive includes video art works, sound works, films, and documentation of performances and installations that were exhibited at the center as well as other works by leading Israeli artists in the field of media art. Thematically, many of the works are linked through questions of identity, militarism, and nationalism, as well as other socio-political issues relevant to our region.

The Video Archive website will be an effective online catalogue of the Archive, rich with texts and video clips, to be released by 2010.
http://www.digitalartlab.org.il/ArchiveIndex.asp


The Mobile Archive of the Israeli Center for Digital Art

The idea of the Mobile Archive surfaced during several conversations on the idea of bringing the Israeli Center for Digital Art’s Video Archive to the Kunstverein in Hamburg. The question was how it could function out of its original context - how to make the archive dynamic and valuable to the local audiences at both ends. This question led curators Eyal Danon, Galit Eilat and Eva Birkenstock to the decision to open the archive to local art contributions made by the host institute abroad.

Starting in Hamburg in 2007, the Mobile Archive began its three year journey slated for European, Balkan and Middle Eastern countries. Each host contributes work to the original collection and sends it along in its extended version. At the end of its route, it will return back to Holon.

The project consists of three main components:

1. Opening of the entire archive to the public at large: each visitor will be given the opportunity to select materials s/he wishes to view. The archive will be presented in a video library format, where each visitor will be able to choose freely from hundreds of existing video works, and view the selected pieces under gallery viewing conditions.

2. Presentation of video programs curated by the Israeli Center for Digital Art, and by curators, artists, art students, and others. Some of the programs have already been presented several times; others will make their debut here.

3. 25 selected works by the host organization will be added to the original collection and by the end of the tour the expanded archive will return to Holon.

Part of the dynamism of the Mobile Archive is that its basic structure is simple, but its adaptations have been numerous. Depending on each context, the Mobile Archive has been accompanied by programming such as conferences, artists' presentations, curated screening programs, presentations and discussions, and has even taken part in classroom curriculums.

Hosts thus far of the Mobile Archive include:
The Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany;
WYSPA Institute of Art in Gdansk, Poland;
SKUC in Ljubljana; WHW's Gallery Nova in Zagreb, Croatia;
The University of Art in Venice, Italy;
Halle fur Kunst in Luneberg, Germany;
the Newbury Gallery of The Glasgow School of Art in Glasgow, Scotland;
Careof e Viafarini, DOCVA, in Milan, Italy;
Art in General in New York City with upcoming stops for 2009 - 2010.