DOING IT OUTSIDE

Facilitated by Campbell, Luxonline Project Manager
10:30am - 4:00pm, 17th October 08, FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), Liverpool.

Following the Have We Produced Unsustainable Resources? workshop discussion at the Future Histories of the Moving Image conference at the University of Sunderland in November 2007, recent Future Histories Network meetings have acknowledged that one of the most important aspects of ensuring the sustainability of digital archive projects, is the ability for the community of managers of these projects to share information and experiences. Furthermore the empowerment of individuals is as important for the efficacy of projects as other funding and support structures. It was agreed that a good way to achieve this within the scope of the future possible activities of the Research Network, would be to run a series of workshops specifically around issues of sustainability of resources.  

To this end we organised the Doing it Outside workshop to explore the resources available and skills necessary to create and maintain sustainable digital resources outside of the institution. Campbell has a wealth of experience in developing online projects within a range of funded and non-funded projects. In this workshop she discussed practical ways that sustainability can be pursued independently of institutional and funding support, through problem solving and using resources available in the wider digital domain.

see Campbell’s Powerpoint presentation which summarises the topics covered.

The workshop was attended by representatives from Bang! Short Film Festival/Broadway Cinema and Media Centre (Nottingham), British Artists' Film and Video Study Collection (University of the Arts London), FACT (Liverpool), Capturing the Past, Preserving the Future: Digitising the National Review of Live Art Collection (University of Bristol), Picture This (Bristol), REWIND: Artists’ Video in the 70s and 80s (University of Dundee), the Film & Video Distribution Database (University of Sunderland) and Arts on Film (University of Westminster).

This brought together a range of projects, all at different stages of development. Workshop activities included reviewing and auditing their projects/sites; sharing information, ideas and practices; and discussing different models. All participants commented on the empowering and energising effects of the workshop, and found the discussions helpful in starting to formulate strategies for the future. Our grateful thanks to Campbell for facilitating it.

 

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