January 2021 – Tony Pritchett eBook

A socially distanced party on a Friday night in 2021. Guests include a 4 track reel of music (c. 1969) and a Stellaphone ST458 (c. 1963).

025 > Conversation at a Party

Digitisation Progress / Filmmaking / Thank you

Track 1:The ‘Tony Pritchett Project' is sparking off lots of dialogues involving people and Tony's work.Recently, I had a nice chat with Keith and Dave.Track 2:Thank you Keith and Dave…

I am incredibly proud that The Computer Arts Society are working with me on the eBook. Together, I believe we can build something truly extraordinary - and fun!

024 > The Computer Arts Society

Digitisation Progress / Thank you

The Computer Arts Society was created in 1968 by Alan Sutcliffe, George Mallen and John Lansdown. Tony was one of their earliest members. I Will be going into more detail about…

BFI Master Film Store in Warwickshire is designed to house 190,000 canisters of volatile nitrate film and 240,000 acetate reels at minus 5 degrees Celsius, in a controlled humidity environment – and it looks a bit like The Flexipede.

023 > Film Storage: Progress Report

Domestic Archeology / Thank you

"As the Curator of Animation at the BFI National Archive it has become increasingly apparent to me that Tony Pritchett’s work represents a vital continuity though a foundational shift in British animation…

Lockdown hardware/software project extraordinaire: A mechanical punchcard reader!

022 > Punchcard Reader Build

Digitisation Progress / Domestic Archeology / Thank you

Inspired by the recent RAL lecture, retired IBM customer engineer David Nicholls is building a mechanical punchcard reader. Thank you so much David! “This is great news, not only for…