[KineJapan] The Nitrate Touch: A Graduate Workshop/15th Domitor Conference (June 2018)

[Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan]

Just a quick note to bring  attention to the 15th International Domitor Conference<https://domitor.org/conference/2018-rochester-conference/> in Rochester, NY 13-16 June 2018, a collaboration between Domitor (The International Society for the Study of Early Cinema), George Eastman Museum, and the University of Rochester. The conference theme is Provenance and Early Cinema. There is also a pre-conference Graduate Student Workshop 11-12 June (also GEM and UR), which is free, application deadline 31 January. I’m pasting in below the Workshop Call for Participants below fyi, and it’s also available on www.domitor.org. The focus is nitrate film, with threads on color in early film (to complement “Dreaming in Color,<https://eastman.org/dreaming-color-davide-turconi-collection-early-cinema>” the Davide Turconi Collection exhibit at GEM that opened today) and digital curation (I’ll be presenting on the film digitization that’s gone into Re-Envisioning Japan: Japan as Destination in 20th Century Visual and Material Culture<https://rej.lib.rochester.edu/>.

best,
Joanne


The Nitrate Touch: A Graduate Workshop

George Eastman Museum and the University of Rochester, 11-12 June 2018

Domitor, George Eastman Museum, and the University of Rochester invite applications for The

Nitrate Touch, a collaborative, two-day Graduate Workshop on 11-12 June 2018. The workshop

immediately precedes the Fifteenth International Domitor Conference (13-16 June), whose theme

is provenance and early cinema.

The workshop offers graduate students of all levels and relevant disciplines a unique opportunity

to explore a broad array of early cinema interests, including the rich complexity of early color

processes and the history of nitrate film, the primary carrier for theatrical 35mm motion pictures

until 1951. Assisted by museum staff, students will examine nitrate film on inspection benches,

gaining an intimate knowledge of its history, and current best practices. Highlights include a

hands-on examination of rare early film discoveries (1896-1898); tours of the Moving Image

Department and Technology Collection; and an opportunity to explore the Museum’s large-scale

digitization project, The Turconi Project Database.

Workshop participants will also be given a chance to discuss their own research projects with

expert scholars. Student interests need not be limited to early cinema, but the workshop offers a

rare opportunity to gain first-hand experience of methods, materials, and machines important to

the visual and cultural history of moving images in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The theme

of this year’s Domitor conference, the study and discussion of provenance and early cinema, is

central to the workshop’s program.

Senior scholars and archivists will provide guidance and share their expertise and current projects

with workshop participants. They include Paolo Cherchi Usai (George Eastman Museum); Grazia

Ingravalle, (Brunel University London); Barbara Flückiger (University of Zurich); Joshua Yumibe

(Michigan State University); Joanne Bernardi (University of Rochester), and Josh Romphf

(University of Rochester).

There is no registration fee, but participants are responsible for their airfare and lodging. We will

suggest modest housing options near the museum; transportation between the museum and

university is provided. Light refreshments, lunches and a closing reception are included. All

participants are eligible for free attendance at the Domitor Conference, 13-16 June.

Applications should state current student status and institutional affiliation; a 300-word statement

of current or planned research focus; and citations of any previous work (presentations,

publications) in this area. Send applications to domitor2018 at gmail.com by 30 January 2018.

Places are limited; applicants will be notified in February. For more information about Domitor,

please visit www.domitor.org.


Joanne Bernardi, Ph.D.
Professor, Japanese Studies | Film and Media Studies
409 Lattimore Hall
Dept. of Modern Languages and Cultures
University of Rochester | PO Box 270082
Rochester NY 14627
Tel. (585) 275-4251 (MLC Dept.) |Fax (585) 273-1097

Re-Envisioning Japan as Destination in 20th Century
Visual and Material Culture
https://rej.lib.rochester.edu/ (new!)
http://humanities.lib.rochester.edu/rej/ (2013-2016)
ReEnvisioning Japan University of Rochester
https://www.facebook.com/ReenvisioningJapan

Joanne Bernardi at ReEnvisionJapan
https://twitter.com/ReEnvisionJapan







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