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From Kinora to Small-Gauge: An Experimental Media Archaeological Approach to Early-Twentieth Century Home cinema

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wed. 23 Jun.

14h00-15h00

Research seminar with Tim van der Heijden, research associate at c²dh

In this C²DH research seminar, Tim van der Heijden presents his post-doctoral study within the framework of the research project Doing Experimental Media Archeology: Practice and Theory (DEMA). The DEMA project includes a team of researchers who are exploring the potential of hands-on experimentation to experience the materiality of past media technologies and gain a better understanding of their usage practices.

In his research, he studies the genealogy of home cinema and amateur cinema as practices from the beginning of the 20th century. Through hands-on experiences with The Kinora, one of the earliest movie viewing and recording technologies designed for home use from the 1900s, and various small-caliber film technologies from the 1920s and early 1900s. 1930, notably Pathé-Baby 9.5 mm and Kodak 16 mm cinema cameras and projectors, he explores and compares two different systems of home cinema and amateur cinema.
The presentation will highlight and reflect some of these media archaeological experiences, including (1) The making of a homemade film with an original Ciné-Kodak 16mm camera of ca. 1930, and (2) a replication of a Kinora film viewer and a reel of ca. 1907 using 3D modeling, a project developed in collaboration with the staff and students of the Engineering Department of the University of Luxembourg.
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