Remixing the Past: Using Historical Moving Images from TAMIS in Art and Documentary

WHEN: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m.

WHERE: East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St., Knoxville, TN 37901

(Knoxville, TN) Have you ever been curious to see how people use historical images from the Knox County Public Library collection? Join the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound (TAMIS) for an entertaining presentation on how artists, students and filmmakers have transformed archival footage from the collection into documentaries and art projects. Plenty of entertaining and educational examples will be shown during this Brown Bag. Perhaps you might be inspired to transform and remix some archival objects of your own!

Brown Bag Lectures are a partnership between the Knox County Public Library and the East Tennessee Historical Society with support from FirstBank and the Friends of the Knox County Public Library.

For more information about this lecture and to stream online, visit https://www.easttnhistory.org/event/remixing-the-past-using-historical-moving-images-from-tamis-in-art-and-documentary/.

About the Presenters

The Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound (TAMIS) is the historic audio-visual department of Knox County Public Library. Founded in 2005, TAMIS preserves East Tennessee’s cultural history as recorded on film, video, and a variety of audio formats. Housed at the East Tennessee History Center, the closed storage collection often offers unique, one-of-one glimpses into the past. TAMIS also houses photographs, documents, and ephemera related to its multimedia holdings.