Jean-Luc Godard once said, “a story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order," which my journey so far resonates fleetingly. Starting with film theory at the middle of teens and soon to be charmed by “Montage of Attractions”, I pursued filmmaking professionally through the thickening intersections of analogue and digital. One and a half decade-long cumulative experiences thereafter, led me back to the very core, the chemical-material entity of analogue film objects and their beckoning urgency to be preserved for posterity.
A late bloomer in the spectrum of conservation sciences, I seek to bifurcate my endeavours both academically to this striving multidisciplinary field, and through the planning and implementation of restorative measures for audiovisual collections that are less discussed and thus closer to oblivion. I cherish collaborative conversations, finding solutions, detailing documentations, rummaging unchartered topographies of historical resources, breaking language barriers.
And on a non-contemplative day, I gleam for a vast field to glean leftover silences.