VSW Salon: Spirit of the Archive
*The event has already taken place on this date: Thu, 12/15/2022
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Our annual Holiday event! Spirit of the Archive is VSW's opportunity to bring some of our lurking archival media to the surface for a unique exhibit. This year we are featuring our enormous Lantern slide* collection in a variety of forms, including the original glass slide objects and a real "magic lantern", a variety of projections and interpretations, and an exciting VR Lantern Slide Experience by Nilson Carroll! There will also be 16mm holiday films projected throughout the event. Food, drink, and holiday spirit will be shared.
*Lantern slides are positive transparent photographs made on glass and viewed with the aid of a “magic lantern,” the predecessor of the slide projector. The Lantern Slide Collection at VSW holds over 65,000 objects, most of which originated from Historical Societies, Universities, Science and Art Museums, and Travel Clubs within New York State between the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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