This week we lost avantgarde filmmaker Ken Jacobs, whose flickering experiments with film and light reinforced the lesson of variable media preservation: we keep things alive by keeping them moving.

https://blog.still-water.net/ken-jacobs-and-preserving-the-immaterial

#FilmPreservation #VariableMedia #MediaArt #FilmHistory #TimeBasedMedia #ArtConservation #MuseumStudies

My first work study job in college was working for Bob Brustein at the American Repertory Theater, who died last week at 96. He was a controversial figure but my career has been inspired by his advocacy for non-profit culture and vibrant reinterpretations of the past.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/theater/robert-brustein-dead.html

#Theater #Reinterpretation #VariableMedia

Here's a talk I gave for the Futures Past show at Arebyte gallery in London. I couldn't address the topic without calling out Bruce Sterling's novel Holy Fire and its junkstore of obsolete technologies.

https://aos.arebyte.com/contents/jon-ippolito-on-futures-past

#CyberPunk #VariableMedia #Gallery #DigitalPreservation #digipres #Scifi #Futurism #DigitalArt