The 16/9.5mm cutting and perforation machine of Lichtspiel / Kinemathek Bern in Switzerland. This device was created by the Swiss amateur filmmaker Paul Goy in the early 1970s.
Demonstration of the hand-driven Pathé Baby 9.5mm film projector in use, showing a Felix the Cat film. Recorded in the Media Lab of the University of Luxembourg.
Making and playback of a cylinder recording on the Edison 'Fireside' Phonograph (ca. 1909), demonstrated by DEMA researcher Aleksander Kolkowski at the Media Lab of the University of Luxembourg in August 2021.
The Stentorphone was developed between 1910 and 1920 by Harry Alfred Gaydon. Stentor was a character in Greek mythology who had a very loud voice. The difference between…
First tests of an original Stentorphone sounbox which had not been used in over 100 years. The aim of these tests is to compare the performance and the sound quality between the original and the polymer replica.
Sound recording made with a Wilcox-Gay 'Recordio' 1C10 portable tape and disc recorder (ca. 1950). The recording, made by sound artist Aleksander Kolkowski, is a homage to Alvin Lucier's seminal electro-acoustic composition "I am Sitting in a Room" (1969).
Media-archaeological experiments with 'Improved Phantasmagoria Lanterns' (1820-1880). Video documentation of a series of historical re-enactments, performed by Karin Bienek and Ludwig Vogl-Bienek, illuminago, Frankfurt am Main, 2020.
Re-enactment of making a sound postcard recording with the Cartavox, recorded by Aleksander Kolkowski in the Contemporary History Lab, Esch-sur-Alzette, October 2020.
Demonstration of the replica Kinora reel, produced within the DEMA project in collaboration with the Department of Engineering of the University of Luxembourg.
Demonstration of the replica Kinora viewer, produced within the DEMA project in collaboration with the Department of Engineering of the University of Luxembourg.
In January 2020, I had the opportunity to meet and visit IJsbrand Rogge, a 91-year old filmmaker and collector based in Amsterdam. Mr. Rogge owns an original Kinora…
In November 2019, I visited Bert Cremers, a film collector based in Horst, the Netherlands. Mr. Cremers owns a wonderful collection of 9.5mm and 16mm films, cameras and…
In November 2019, I was in Berlin and visited the famous analogue film and photography shop Click & Surr, founded by Jürgen Lossau in October 2017. Besides Mr.…
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