Future Memory Lab - AI Archive
Future Memory Lab
Czech Republic
FML democratizes forgotten corners of AV heritage, often in the images left behind by minorities and marginalized groups whose images don't form dominant discurse.
↗ What exactly is an image / a shot / a sequence ?
↗ How to analyze time aspects of the moving image (and other typical aspects of film language and style) ?
↗ Is it possible to analyze (historical) context ?
↗ How to ensure visibility of marginalized communities ?
↗ How to approach ethically or legally contentious materials ?
automatic indexation / annotation challenges / questions = new vocabularies and classification systems.
Open creative lab focused on developing innovative approaches to working with film archives and found footage. Case studies and masterclasses by renowned directors and editors of archival films. Farahnaz Sharifi, Anja Salomonowitz, AdamBrothánek, Tomáš Bojar, Šimon Špidla,Jakub Wagner, Martin Kohout, Monika Preischl, Vadim Jendreyko, Susanna Guggenberger, Michaela Pnačeková,Stefanie Schulte Strathaus & Markus Ruff /Arsenal , etc.
Organizes inspiring workshops and residencies for authors and producers from the audiovisual, theater, and gallery fields.
Guides authors through the pitfalls and crises of the creative process,its fragility and ethical dilemmas individual and group consultations focused on dramaturgy, ethics, law, sustainability, production and distribution.
Time
↗ concentration
↗ process-based work (film as a research)
Collaboration
↗ interdisciplinarity
↗ artists from film, VR, visual arts, theatre, music
↗ amateur filmmakers
↗ scholars (antropologists, philosophers, archive, ethics, law and AI researchers)
Complexity
↗ advantage&challenge at the same time