English below.
Español: se ha venido dando una conversación bastante interesante (desafortunadamente en inglés nada más) sobre lo que pasó con Videazimut desde 1997. Parece ser que esta organziación fue muy importante en su momento para muchos de [log in to unmask] Alguien tiene información sobre Videazimut o guarda producciones?
En mi experiencia Videazimut también jugó un papel importante: hacia 1990, no recuerdo exactamente la fecha, tuve la oportunidad de asistir a una reunión de Videazimut en Montreal, Canada. Recuero que allí estaba Rafael Roncagliolo (quien en el IPAL tenía la mayor colección de video alternativo en esa época), estaba la mujer de SEWA, cómo se llama? Y Alan Ambrosi. Después se publicó un libro sobre esta conferencia que se llamó "Video, The Changing World."
English: Videazimut also played a significant role in my experience. I remember a meeting around 1990 in Montreal where, for the first time, I was able to see the "international community" of alternative video (I was familiar with the Latin Americans, but had no idea this was also a global thing). Rafael Roncagliolo was there, and also the woman from SEWA- India (can't remember her name). By the way, Rafael had the largest collection of Latin American alternative video in IPAL, his organziation in Peru. No idea what happened with that archive. Later a book about the conference--"Video, The Changing World" was published.
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Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 10:32 AM
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Subject: Re: (Engl)Thank you all for Videazimut (and Kevin Howley) info
Dear Tracey,
It would be amazing if we could digitize that material and get it online
to share with the world. This could also free your cupboard :)
While those with internet access, especially broadband, have been able
to share video files via the net for years, this year (2005/2006) has
seen a number of important developments in the ease of use of video
online. Just a few of these:
Space for people to host activist videos, for free, forever, has been
provided by archive.org. Several groups are partnering with archive:
Indymedia Video Distribution Network: http://video.indymedia.org
OurMedia: http://www.ourmedia.org
There are also some projects for systematic peer to peer sharing of
activist video. P2P can enable people with spotty, low-bandwidth
connections to obtain video material, because it chops up the file into
many little peices and downloads slowly in the background while you do
other things online. It requires a little bit of training and then,
getting in the habit of starting it up when you access the net.
For example see http://indytorrents.org/
Other free and open source tools that emerged in the last year that help
with independent video distribution:
DTV: http://participatoryculture.org/
FIreAnt: http://fireant.tv/
In addition, there are now more 'user rated' video content sites:
VideoBomb: http://www.videobomb.org
A final interesting example is Al Gore's Current TV, which is a
satellite station that takes about 30% of its content directly from user
submissions.
What doesn't seem to exist yet (someone tell me if I'm wrong) is an
activist-oriented project that combines the ease of use of VideoBomb,
with the historical and activist focus of archive.org, together with a
coherent understanding that not everyone has access to broadband and so
tries to organize submission/distribution at the local level via low
power TV and community screenings, etc.
All the elements are pretty much ready, though.
peace
sasha
Tracey Naughton wrote:
> Adilson and all
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> What an interesting reunion. I was also at the Videazimut meeting in
> Sao Paolo along with many other names that still pop up in media
> activist circles. These include Dirk Konig, sadly no longer with us.
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> FYI I also have a large collection of VHS material that was sent in
> for the selection process for the last Videazimut meeting, the final
> one in South Africa. It is a great record of alternate and struggle
> video.
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> It will remain around as long as I have cupboard space for it.
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> regards
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> Tracey
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> Tracey Naughton
> NYAKA
> Communication for Development Consultant
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