Every household has accumulated many once-popular audiovisual media formats—such as 16mm、8mm film reels, VHS, DV, and DVDs—that carry family memories, records of events, and traces of personal history. However, as playback equipment has become increasingly difficult to obtain today, converting these materials into digital files has seemingly become the only practical way to view and revisit them.
This event not only introduces how these formats can be transformed into digital files, but also discusses the differences in presentation between digital files and original media, as well as their respective methods of preservation. It further invites participants to consider the possibility of building their own archives through the process of collecting and converting these materials.
DATE｜2026/04/24(Fri.) 19:30 - 21:00
VENUE｜Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre 2F
No. 2, Ln. 5, Guling St., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100056, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Speakers｜WU Tzu-An（Experimental film artist）、CHANG Hsin-Ning（Projectionist at TFAI）
Registration｜ACCUPASS
SPEAKERS
｜WU Tzu-An
WU Tzu-An works between experimental film and its expansions. He makes collages with analogue films, through mixing heterogeneous images, audio, and texts, he attempts to inquire about the relationship between narratives and the selves. His works are presented in the forms of screenings, exhibitions, and expanded cinema performances, and have been shown internationally. He also programs experimental films, and has been a member of the experimental filmmaker group “ReaRflex” and Bak-Nih Audiovisual Lab.
｜CHANG Hsin-Ning
CHANG Hsin-Ning graduated with a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Ohio University and worked as a projectionist at Athena Cinema in Athens, Ohio, and AFS Cinema in Austin, Texas. After returning to Taiwan, she worked at the Woman Makes Waves International Film Festival, and later worked on film restoration at Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI). She is currently a projectionist at TFAI.
- 16mm and 8mm projectors will be available at the event. Participants are welcome to bring their own films to play.
▶Organizer｜Ministry of Culture, C-LAB、Asia Art Archive (AAA), Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre
▶ The organizer reserves the right to adjust and change the activities according to the emergency situation.