A new building
On last September 21 the new building of the Municipal Archives Nijmegen was
officially and festively opened. A new location and a new name: Het Archief.
In the new building our Foundation has found a first-rate place to work. Here
Huub Jansen will spend a lot of time make the inventory of our collections.
The new ultra-modern depot is much bigger than the depot in the Arsenaal, the
former archival building. The Foundation has now more space to house the ever-growing
collections. When it was opened our Foundation exhibited several treasures from
the Joris Ivens Archives.
Hans Wegner Collection
The new building is an inspiring environment to proceed with the work at full
speed. And the first result has been achieved: Huub Jansen has listed the archival
pieces of the Hans Wegner Collection. When this newsletter appears the inventory
of the collection will have been published as well. There is still a lot of
archival work waiting to be done. Thousands of photographs and clippings must
still be listed. This fall we have started to digitalize our collections and
to put them on microfilm. This process will take several years, but in the end
the complete archives can be digitally consulted. Doing so will kill two birds
with one stone: using the most modern technology the photographs and documents
have been duplicated with a view to long-lasting conservation. Besides the archives
will be more easily available because with the help of a computer all documents
can be consulted on the screen. This also helps conservation as the original
documents and photographs will not have to be consulted so often any more.
Office
In May, Bram Relouw, a graduate from the course Film and Performing Arts of
the University of Nijmegen, took the place of Annemiek Nobel, who went on a
world trip. Annemiek, thank you for all your good care and effort. Bram Relouw
will be occupied with the educational website and do secretarial work.
Filmmuseum
Board members of the Foundation and the new director of the Film Museum, Rien
Hagen, will meet on November 30. The purpose of the meeting is to end the problem
of the archives which has been going on for years once and for all. Signing
several agreements will confirm that the Film Museum does not have any claim
of ownership on documents from the Joris Ivens Archives and that the ownership
of the interviews with and about Ivens has been laid down. Several agreements
of future co-operation will be signed as well. The Film Museum is one of thirteen
partners in the Filmography Research Network, which the Foundation has established.
The Film Museum will participate in the DVD project with Ivens classics.
New prints
New prints will be made of 12-14 Ivens films. The Foundation has ordered to
make new duplicates with English Subtitling for the retrospective tour in the
United States and Canada. Among other a new version will be prepared of ...A
VALPARAISO, which up till now was shown with a length of 23 or 28 minutes. The
original length however was 37 minutes en this one will be shown during this
tour. The Film museum will make new copies of 8 - 10 well known films of Ivens
to distribute in Holland.
Bibliography
Annemiek Nobel has compiled an extensive bibliography with more than 750 titles
of literature on Joris Ivens. It can be found on the website of the Foundation.
It mentions monographies, dissertations, books, articles, autobiographies, catalogues,
and inventory lists. The bibliography already appeared to be very useful for
researchers.