The first day of the Transistor workshop, focused on preservation of audiovisual works, took place on Wednesday at the Film and TV School (FAMU) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
The series of lectures kicked off with an introductory lecture by Richard Wright from the BBC in which he outlined the topic of preservation of audiovisual preservation. He mentioned some of the projects that were or are based at the BBC, such as the Creative Archive, which enabled users to mash up the audiovisual content of the BBC. Furthermore, he mentioned the platform VideoActive
Richard Wright was followed by Dietrich Schueller, Director of the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences as well as former Chair of IASA TC. Mr Schueller's presentation entitled "Passive Preservation" focused on standards and best practices for preservation of audiovisual works. He posed a question regarding the divergent perspectives off artists (video archivists) and archivists. The former strive for authenticity in preservation, the latter seek the best possible quality.
The final presentation of the day was by Gabriele Blome from the Ludwig Boltzmann Institut in Linz. She presented the activities of the Institute, in particular the Ars Electronice archive stressing the process of archivation of audiovisual works (SAMY description model).
