AES New York 2017
Archiving and Restoration Track Event AR12
Saturday, October 21, 1:30 pm — 3:00 pm (Rm 1E14)
Archiving & Restoration: AR12 - Is There Life on MARS? Preservation Techniques for the 21st Century
Chair:Steve Rosenthal, MARS ( MagicShop Archive and Restoration Studios - Brooklyn, NY, USA
Moderator:
Rebecca Yuri Feynberg, New York University - New York, NY, USA
Panelists:
Wally De Backer (Gotye), Forgotten Futures - New York, NY, USA
Michael Graves
Nora Guthrie
Stephen Masucci
Alex Slohm, MARS ( MagicShop Archive and Restoration Studios
Regan Sommer McCoy, The Mixtape Museum - New York, NY, USA
Owner of the MagicShop and MARS Steve Rosenthal and his colleagues will present the work they have been doing with remastering and archiving significant, historical recordings from Lou Reed to Woody Guthrie. The presenters will describe their history and path as they moved forward from the MagicShop to the MagicShop Archive and Restoration Studios (MARS).
Wally De Backer (Gotye) and Stephen Masucci will present their collaborative work restoring the rare French proto-synthesizer, the Ondioline, and reviving the technical and historical documents published by the instrument's inventor Georges Jenny.
 | This session is presented in association with the AES Technical Committee on Archiving Restoration and Digital Libraries |