[spectre] Confessions of an A/V Geek.

[marc garrett]

Sorry for any cross posting...

Confessions of an A/V Geek.

By Monty Cantsin.
http://www.furtherfield.org/features/interviews/confessions-av-geek

Earlier this month Elsheimer corresponded with Montgomery Cantsin (a 
fledgling archivist currently attempting to digitize 20,000 feet of 
16MM) to discuss his experiences and knowledge in this area. Some 20 
years ago, Skip Elsheimer stumbled upon a lot of 500 films which he 
managed to purchase for a mere $50. And thus A/V Geeks, his 
Raleigh-based archiving club, was born.

By now their massive 16MM stash is among the most impressive 
non-institutional collections in America--containing about as many 
titles as the George Eastman House (though not as many as Stephen Parr 
in San Francisco). Elsheimer now provides digitization services to 
clients such as Duke University and North Carolina State University, and 
has traveled around the country sharing gems (and stinkers) from his 
stacks.

Montgomery Cantsin is an emerging Brooklyn-based intermedia artist. 
Cantsin's visual collage work is currently included in the Hayward 
Touring group show "Outrageous Fortune," while Cantsin's audio collage 
work has recently appeared online at HTML Giant. Also a 16MM film freak, 
Cantsin has worked as a researcher for such found-footage filmmakers 
Craig Baldwin, Bill Morrison, and Ben Rivers. Cantsin currently makes 
GIFs for the Berlin-based group Network Awesome.


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