Rick’s stimulating presentation is available at the Future Histories of the Moving Image Research Network site. Click on the conference link.
Holly Aylett’s and Patricia Zimmermann’s will be available in the new year, as will a summary of the discussion forum.
Many thanks to everyone who emailed in responses to the conference, much appreciated! A selection is below:
Thanks to you, once more, for organizing the wonderfully stimulating conference ... what a great group of people were there! I learned so much and my brain was ignited by all the intellectual energy to probe really hard questions. … The hospitality among you and your colleagues was exquisite – you are all a model for us all.
(Patricia Zimmermann, Ithaca College, USA)
A sincere thank you to you and all your colleagues for an excellent and thought provoking conference. The atmosphere was so friendly and very conducive to a diverse bunch of people really being able to share ideas. A truly well organised and thought through event that just seemed to have everything ready before it was needed. … It was a very enjoyable weekend and very enriching. Many thanks to all of you who worked so hard to make it such a success.
(Heather Norris Nicholson, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
Thank you so much for such a lively and and well-organised conference. As I said yesterday, not only was did I find it very useful in itself, but I got to know a number of people who will be good contacts for quite separate undertakings. … I'd be glad if you'd pass my thanks on to everyone else concerned.
(Elaine Burrows, University of Westminster, UK)
I'd like to thank you all, and especially the organisers, for the brilliant conference and the nice time spent in Sunderland. Even so far from my country, I really felt at home.
(Gabriel Menotti, Cine Falcatrua, Brazil)
May I congratulate you once again on organising a most interesting and motivating conference on ‘future histories of the moving images’. The conference provided a generous opportunity for strengthening the academic network interested/involved in all the topics presented. I enjoyed also the variety of papers and each speaker’s expertise in his/her field.
(Annamaria Motrescu, University of Bristol, UK)
Just wanted to say thanks for organising such a dynamic and informative conference.
(Linda Kaye, British Universities Film & Video Council, UK)
The conference kicked off on Friday 16 November with an entertaining welcome to Sunderland by Professor John Storey. Unfortunately at the last moment one of our keynotes (Debra Zimmerman of Women Make Movies) and one of our discussion forum participants (Gaby Wijers of Montevideo) were unable to attend, but a fascinating range of papers were presented which generated extensive discussion throughout the weekend. We will be posting recordings of the keynote addresses by Patty Zimmermann, Rick Prelinger and Holly Aylett, together with some additional information, on this blog shortly. In the meantime, you can download the final programme and discussion workshop details, together with the abstracts of the papers below. One report on the conference has already appeared online and can be found at http://mad.beds.ac.uk/nmrg
Final Programme
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Workshop Outline
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Abstracts
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Local Taxis
If getting the Metro from Newcastle, get off at Sunderland City Centre station you will be able to get a taxi from the rank outside the main entrance. Listed below are the telephone numbers of the main taxi firms for the city.
Station Taxis - (0191) 555 5555
A1 Taxis - (0191) 510 0330
Click below to download the Metro map:
There will be a mini-bus service during the conference to transport delegates between the Media Centre, the Marriott and the Roker Hotel. The times are:
Friday 16th
2030-2100: Media Centre to Roker Hotel
Saturday 17th
0830-0930: Marriott Hotel (stopping at Roker Hotel) to the Media Centre
1745-1845: Media Centre to Roker Hotel (for the Conference meal)
Sunday 18th
0815-0915: Marriott Hotel (stopping at Roker Hotel) to the Media Centre
The Future Histories programme is now available for download. Please click on the link below to download the PDF.
You can also download the booking form and credit card payment form below:
Booking Form:
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Credit Card Payment Form:
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A reminder that for anyone concerned with the postal strike, that the booking form and credit card can be sent electronically to futurehistories@sunderland.ac.uk
Also if you intend to attend the conference meal we will need confirmation by October 17th.
For information about the local metro and bus services please click on the links below:
We are very pleased to announce that Debra Zimmerman of the film and video distributor Women Make Movies in the USA has agreed to present at the conference. WMM is the world's largest distributor of films by and about women, and she has been their Executive Director since 1983. She has enormous experience of distributing moving image work and is now having to deal with the challenges of the digital revolution.
Please follow the link below to access further information about the city of Sunderland:
