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Conference Report
1997 SEAPAVAA ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
Theme:
Audiovisual Archiving: Empowerment Towards the Year 2000
Jakarta,
Indonesia
Flanked
by palm trees and flowers in Jakarta, the National Library of
Indonesia occupies a stately restored Dutch colonial mansion linked to
a high-rise, striking a harmonious architectural combination, formed
the backdrop of the 1997 conference.
SEAPAVAA's second annual conference was held in Jakarta from March 17
to 21, at the National Library auditorium. Joining the library
as hosts were the Indonesian Department of Information, National
Archives of Indonesia, and Sinematek Indonesia. The conference was
officially opened by Mr. Dewabrata Kobarshjih, Director-General of the
Department of Information of Indonesia.
Twenty-six delegates and nine observers from Australia, Brunei
Darussalam, France, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand and Vietnam attended the conference.
The
conference theme was "Audiovisual Archiving: Empowerment Towards the
Year 2000". A key objective of the gathering was the formation and
adoption of SEAPAVAA's first three-year strategic plan to develop AV
archiving in the region. The conference program included an ideas
program, strategic planning workshops, visits to member-institutions
in Jakarta, committee meetings, crash course in Indonesian film
history, general assembly, and social programs in the evening.
A
special event during the week was the presentation of SEAPAVAA's
first Life Achievement Award to Misbach Biran, pioneering film
archivist, founder and Director of Sinematek Indonesia. For more than
twenty years, Misbach has stood for the cause of film preservation
worked tirelessly, with limited resources, to establish his country's
first film archive.
During
the conference week, a phrase which emerged and found ready acceptance
was the "spirit of SEAPAVAA". It encapsulates the sense of unity and
mutual affirmation in a shared mission which was palpable to everyone
present.
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