[KineJapan] VHS Preservation in Japan

[Oliver Dew]

Hello Joseph

Thank you for your interesting question. Regarding the second part of your query, I suppose it depends on what you mean by VHS preservation. I'm not familiar with the Video at Risk program, but just from briefly looking at their website, they discuss ascertaining IP, scope, prioritisation, and reformatting. These are all archival functions, aren't they? You seem to discount archives, but why not include them in your research question? I don't know which archives you've been in touch with. I understand that the National Film Center has been acquiring works on various video formats. Also, not V-Cinema, but the Video Art Center Tokyo has a library of historically significant video works:
http://www.vctokyo.org/jp/

I'd be really interested to hear what the V-Cinema experts on the list have to say about the first part of your question...

Oliver Dew


On 19 Nov 2013, at 04:41, Joseph Larsen <larse635 at umn.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am doing research on VHS preservation in the U.S. and Japan and was wondering if there are any known statistics regarding V-Cinema. I am mostly curious if there are V-Cinema titles in danger of disappearing once the VHS medium fades away, so are there a number of titles that were released on VHS that never made it to any other formats?
> 
> Also, are there any groups or institutions in Japan currently doing VHS preservation work like the Video at Risk program at NYU?  So far, I have only been able to locate archives for the medium but no active preservation programs.
> 
> Thanks,
> Joseph Larsen
> _______________________________________________
> KineJapan mailing list
> KineJapan at lists.service.ohio-state.edu
> https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan


_______________________________________________
KineJapan mailing list
KineJapan at lists.service.ohio-state.edu
https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan