Content & Commentary
This track wrestles with the content explosion, new trends and new alliances as feeders of new content. Panels will cover practical aspects of curatorship and development of the next generation of media programmers, changing technologies, new forms of content delivery, building and retaining audience, and the role of archivists and preservationists in the digital age. Track chair is independent producer Hébert Peck Jr.
This track will take on subjects of interest to:
Exhibitors, festival programmers, distributors, broadcasters, curators, PEG
stations, independent media centers, closed circuit college media, commercial
channels, makers, archivists, critics, academics, press and cultural critics.
Check back later for complete list of speakers.
Panel Previews
FREEDOM - Thursday, September 29
Broadband, Net-based and HDTV Distribution Alternatives
It is just a question of time before the Internet becomes the de facto distribution platform, while the demand for High Definition content is growing both on cable television and online. What are the forces already at work that will shape the future of independent media? In this panel we take a look the range of "decentralized" media production and distribution targeted for the Internet and their potential benefits for the independent media field.
10:30 am - noon
Panelists:
Peter Bull, Digital Bicycle, Lowell Telecommunications
Ken Jordan, Open Network
Ted Passon, MOOV HD
Barry Rebo, Emerging Pictures
Moderator: Sherri Hope Culver, independent media consultant
Freedom of Choice: Curating for Niche Audiences
The richer the media production environment, the more extensive are the program choices. How do programmers create presentations that speak to their constituencies? This panel looks at the successes of programmers who work the edges and present work with strong, well defined points of view or incorporates new media tools.
4:00 - 5:30 pm
Panelists:
Ariella Ben-Dov, Madcat International Film Fest
Shira Golding, Arts Engine inc.
Filmon Mebrahtu, Reel Voices
Sheryl Mousley, Walker Art Center
Moderator: Steve Jenkins, Frameline
CREATIVITY - Friday, September 30
Crowded House: Cultivating Community in the Internet Age
What can independent media makers do to continue the communal experience of creating and watching media? How does one tread in a media environment that will increasingly target the home and personal device "experience"?
1:30 - 3:00 pm
Panelists:
Sharese Bullock, Listen Up
Cara Mertes, P.O.V
Chuck Olsen, Minnesota Stories
Ethan van Thillo, Media Arts Center of San Diego
Moderator: Charlie Humphrey, Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Digital Creativity
With media tools in the hands of an increasing number of non-professionals and professionals alike, how do indie content creators approach and stay true to their work, in this "crowded" environment? How can younger, tech-savvy, media artists and "older" technology practitioners collaborate on common goals/causes?
10:30 am - noon
Panelists:
Nettrice Gaskins, UMass Boston
Erika Dalya Muhammad, Mt. Vernon Hip Hop Arts Center
John Henry Thompson
Michael Verdi, freevlog.org
Moderator: Wendy Levy, BAVC
RISK - Saturday, October 1
Risk Takers Going All In
In this high stakes new media landscape, what is considered risky? Who are the artists and facilitators who are taking chances to represent and redefine the communities we liven in, both in bold and more traditional forms of media?
10:00 am - noon
Panelists:
Tania Blanich, National Video Resources
Gene Dugan, Out North
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now !
Tom Hansell, Appalshop
Moderator: Helen De Michiel, NAMAC
Archiving Everything
What are the best practices for preserving media and making your materials available for future use via the Internet? Should we archive everything? And how can we insure access to the public domain of our histories and at what cost?
1:30 - 3:00 pm
Panelists:
Michael W. Carroll, Villanova School of Law
Claude Marks, Freedom Archives
Dwight Swanson, Appalshop Archivist
Jennifer Urban, USC
Moderator: Patricia Zimmerman, Ithaca College
Track Chair Bio
Hébert Peck Jr.
Independent Producer
Hébert Peck Jr. is an independent television producer. He has created
television series, short form documentaries and web based projects for Rutgers
University Television Network, a statewide closed circuit cable television and
broadband Internet system. These programs air internationally through the ReseachChannel.
Peck is the producer of Philadelphia Stories, a 13-hour series of documentaries
and short films exploring the people, the places and things that make up the
rich fabric of Philadelphia. A project of public television WYBE, Philadelphia
Stories, now in its fifth season, features work by the region’s most talented
film and video makers. Peck’s personal work, including the award winning
video essay Little Hébert, has been broadcast on PBS and screened at
festivals nationally. For eight years Peck managed the operation of the Scribe
Video Center in Philadelphia. He completed one term as the co-president on the
Board of Directors of the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC)
and has served on an advisory capacity in such areas as film, video and multimedia
production funding for the Rockefeller Foundation, the Independent Television
Services (ITVS), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and The National
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).
Contact Hébert Peck Jr.
