Interview with Rick Prelinger about home movies, alternative
anthropology, lost landscapes and what he calls “archival anxiety
syndrome”.<br> <br>Link: <a href="http://bit.ly/PtTISd" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/PtTISd</a><br>MP3: <a href="http://bit.ly/PwkTvH" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/PwkTvH</a><br><br>Rick Prelinger is an archivist, writer and filmmaker who lives in San
Francisco, California. Founder of the Prelinger Archives and the
Prelinger Library, and board member of the Internet Archive, Rick has
spent years rescuing, digitising and disseminating thousands of home
movie reels. Spanning the period from the first few decades of the 20th
century – when only the wealthy classes could afford the technology –,
to the post-war period in America and the proliferation of 8mm cameras,
these films capture everything from the trivialities of everyday life to
the wildest eccentricity. Through these silent testimonies of urban and
human landscapes, Prelinger advocates an unconventional reading of
recent history, which avoids unnecessary narratives and is full of
surprises and unexpected clashes. <br><br>More podcasts on Rick Prelinger: <a href="http://rwm.macba.cat/en/rick_prelinger_tag" target="_blank">http://rwm.macba.cat/en/rick_prelinger_tag</a><br><br><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Follow us at </span><a href="http://twitter.com/Radio_Web_MACBA" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/Radio_Web_MACBA</a><br>