Objective

This online presentation of the Vertov Collection at the Austrian Film Museum opens a window to the specific objects in the collection, but we also consider it as an invitation, a starting point, a virtual “hub” for further research on Dziga Vertov, the artist and film theorist. It is our hope that the database will also be used to collect information about further Vertov-related materials, which are stored in other archives and museums. The database can provide a platform for potentially ‘dormant’ documents from all over the world and bring them to the attention of the scientific community as well as the broader public. These additional materials will not come to Vienna - but the Vienna database can identify their content, their characteristics and their physical location; or, in individual cases, offer a digital scan of the document in question. We aim to create a growing resource, which reflects the ongoing study of Vertov’s legacy and the new directions it takes.  

 

Paolo Caneppele und Adelheid Heftberger

Contact: a.heftberger(at)filmmuseum.at