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The SCART website provides access to expertise and resources on the preservation of audiovisual heritage that is being created by PACKED vzw and its partner organisations. It aims to help memory institutions and others with the task of preservation. The expertise comes out of various PACKED projects, such as one on obsolete playback machines for audiovisual art, a project between PACKED and the Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst (2009-2011). Other projects include research undertaken in preparation for the digitization of the film ‘Office Baroque’ and the production of a handbook for audiovisual digitization produced during the Archipel project.It also includes articles previously published in META, Argos Magazine and others; interviews by PACKED staff with audiovisual artists, conservators, technicians and academics; case study reports resulting from the obsolete playback machine project and a link to the IMAP handbook for the preservation of video-, computer- and installation art. Resources will be added over time.
An interesting site that offers audiovisual preservation information in three languages. This resource does not cover all issues related to AV archiving as the website gives access to the outcomes of the AV preservation projects by Packed vzw and its partners in order to assist cultural heritage organisations with their preservation task. However, resources such as the interviews with people working in the field offer a different and welcome kind of expertise not often available online.