[spectre] Cinémathèque québécoise / Daniel Langlois Foundation collection

[Andreas Broeckmann]

From: "Fondation Daniel Langlois" <info at fondation-langlois.org>
To: <ab at mikro.in-berlin.de>
Subject: The Cinémathèque québécoise and the 
Daniel Langlois Foundation arrange to ensure the 
conservation and accessibility of the 
Foundation's collection
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:48:07 -0400

Press Release

The Cinémathèque québécoise and the Daniel 
Langlois Foundation arrange to ensure the 
conservation and accessibility of the 
Foundation's collection

Montreal, October 11, 2011 - The Cinémathèque 
québécoise and the Daniel Langlois Foundation are 
pleased to announce a historic collaboration 
whereby the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, 
Science and Technology is donating its collection 
to the Cinémathèque, which will conserve it and 
make it accessible to the public. The database of 
the collection, henceforth to be known as the 
Daniel Langlois Foundation Collection of the 
Cinémathèque québécoise, will now be available 
online on the Cinémathèque's website so as to be 
readily accessible to students, researchers and 
the general public, at the following address:
<http://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/langlois?lng=en>http://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/langlois

The Daniel Langlois Foundation's impressive 
collection accessioned by the Cinémathèque 
québécoise comprises thousands of audiovisual 
documents, books, monographs, catalogues, 
equipment and devices, software, CD-ROMs, 
DVD-ROMs and artefacts. Primarily documentary in 
nature, the collection is internationally 
recognized as one of the most comprehensive in 
its field. "This is undoubtedly the year's most 
significant acquisition since it's a very 
concrete way for us to express our interest in 
the many new types of moving images and to 
reflect the importance of new media in our 
collections. We thank Daniel Langlois for his 
generosity and trust," said Yolande Racine, 
Executive Director of the Cinémathèque. "I'm very 
enthusiastic about donating this much-cherished 
collection containing a multitude of documents of 
considerable artistic and historical importance. 
The Cinémathèque is the ideal place for 
conserving all the elements of the collection and 
making them accessible in perpetuity," added 
Daniel Langlois, founder of Softimage and 
Ex-Centris and a noted patron of the arts. In 
addition to the collection, the Foundation is 
also donating $75,000 over the next three years.

An internationally recognized collection

The Daniel Langlois Foundation Collection of the 
Cinémathèque québécoise documents the meeting of 
arts and technology during the period from 1960 
to 2010 and the many different art forms 
resulting from this intersection. Also included 
in the Foundation's donation is the database 
cataloguing the collection, along with its 
digital archives and websites associated with the 
technological arts from this period. All told, 
the collection includes:

2,691 audiovisual elements, master tapes and 
video copies in a variety of formats;
764 audio documents;
A library consisting of 6,834 books, monographs, 
conference proceedings, essays, specialized 
periodicals and catalogues;
2,084 files on artists, organizations and 
international events (festivals, biennials, etc.);
Equipment and devices, computers, historic software and artefacts;
Interactive CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs and narrative 
and non-fiction works by international artists.
Some of the collection's key archival holdings are:

The Vasulka Archive, created by Steina and Woody 
Vasulka, pioneers of video art and of the analog 
and digital processing of video images, who 
co-founded the Kitchen (New York, 1971);
The 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering 
audiovisual collection (New York, 1966), 
documenting works by artists such as Robert 
Rauschenberg, John Cage and Lucinda Childs, 
donated by Billy Klüver;
The collection of Quebec video art pioneer Jean-Pierre Boyer;
The Images du futur collection, donated by Hervé 
Fischer, co-founder of this annual multimedia 
event (Montreal);
The archives of the International Symposium on 
Electronic Art (ISEA) held in Montreal in 1995;
Colour photographs of drawings and of one of the 
sketchbooks of the famous Soviet filmmaker Sergei 
M. Eisenstein;
Films on kinetic artist and scientist Frank J. 
Malina, founder of the journal Leonardo;
Archival holdings on the art and work of Sonia 
Landy Sheridan, creator of one of the first 
educational programs in the United States 
dedicated to exploring technological systems.
The Cinémathèque québécoise is Montreal's museum 
of moving images. Its mission is to preserve and 
promote the world's audiovisual heritage, with an 
emphasis on Quebec and Canadian works and 
international animation, and to make it available 
for educational and cultural purposes.

Contact: Catherine Vien-Labeaume, Media Relations and Promotions Agent
514-842-9768, ext. 255 - cvienlabeaume @ cinematheque.qc.ca
Cinémathèque québécoise - 335 de Maisonneuve Blvd 
East, Montreal (Metro: Berri-UQAM)