Collaborative Cataloging Japan

Established in 2015 in Philadelphia, not-for-profit organization Collaborative Cataloging Japan (CCJ) provides archival and media preservation support to institutional and private collections of Japanese experimental moving image works produced from 1955 through 1979, with the goals of preservation, documentation, and opening access internationally to these materials.

Contributions

The Archival Impulse: Collecting and Conserving the Moving Image in Asia

Since the 1950s, there has been an active production of experimental film, animation, and video art in Asia. Yet, much of this work has not been consistently conserved or shared with the public due to the lack of accessible archives or organized collections dedicated to its preservation and dissemination. The conference “The Archival Impulse: Collecting…