Kryštof Pešek and Matěj Strnad
Etcetera media library and the Limits of Motion
Etcetera is a free software media library enabling off-line access to audiovisual works or their representation in a gallery setting. Etcetera is based on the Linux distribution with a user interface serving the needs of the gallery's study-desk.
The media library came to being as one of the outcomes of the exhibition series Restless Image: Limits of Motion, organized for the Etc. gallery in Prague by Anna Remešová, Alžběta Bačíková, Markéta Jonášová, Matěj Strnad and Kryštof Pešek.
The project aimed to make previously exhibitied works accessible and discuss the ways audiovisual works are dealt with in Czech institutitions.
Matěj Strnad (1989) is an audiovisual archivist, working as the Head of Curators at Národní filmový archiv, Prague. Previously, he was responsible for managing the institution's digital restoration projects and collections development. He is a graduate of the Center for Audiovisual Studies at FAMU Prague, and a member of the Programming and Access to Collections Commission (PACC) of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF).
Kryštof Pešek (1986) is an artist, programmer and free-software advocate. He is a graduate of the Center of Audiovisual Studies at FAMU Prague. His artworks are mostly based on custom software or hardware tools. As a lecturer, he currently gives courses at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and works in the digital laboratory of Národní filmový archiv, Prague. He is a proud member of the live-coding group called Kolektiv.
3.30 - 4 PM discussion / coffee break