Archive – Tony Pritchett eBook

Photographing GRAM (a computer animation system that Tony was developing for The Open University), listings and then sending the files to Professors David Duce and Bob Hopgood. More about this in a later post.

029 > Update

Domestic Archeology / Filmmaking / Rutherford Appleton / Thank you

Just a quick update to say that this project is still very much in progress. I haven't created any blog posts since January this year, but that's not to say…

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).

028 > Conversation at a Party

Digitisation Progress / Filmmaking / Thank you

Track 1: The ‘Tony Pritchett Project' is sparking off lots of dialogues. > Conversations between myself and other kind folk helping research Tony’s animation. > Between us and Tony's work.…

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!

027 > 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.

026 > 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…