APEX promotes international collaboration and academic dialogue on film and media preservation in order to safeguard the world‘s audiovisual heritage. APEX is an opportunity for members of the international audiovisual archival community to exchange knowledge and skills in areas such as inspection and care of audiovisual materials, cataloging, metadata management, digitization, digital preservation, and access to collections.
APEX Cartagena 2017
APEX 2017 took place from May 22 to May 31 in Cartagena, Spain, and elsewhere in the country's southeastern Murcia region, with additional activities in Madrid on June 2. MIAP students, faculty, and alumni worked in partnership with a graduate student from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and associates from host organizations Memorias Celuloides, Red de Cine Domestíco, Archivo Municipal de Cartagena, and Filmoteca Regional de Murcia.
APEX Santiago 2016
APEX 2016 took place during the weeks of May 23 and May 30 in Santiago, Chile. APEX is a collaboration between NYU’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) Program, the AMIA student chapter at NYU, our partners in Chile—Biblioteca Nacional de Chile (National Library) and Señal Tres la Victoria (community television station). This year marks the fourth APEX organized by NYU students.
APEX Buenos Aires 2015
APEX 2015 in Buenos Aires was the first year that APEX collaborated with a New York University global site, with the participation of two host institutions, el Museo del Cine and TV Pública.
APEX Uruguay 2014
APEX 2014 took place in Montevideo, Uruguay, with the participation of five local instituions: Universidad Católica del Uruguay, The National Image Archive of SODRE, Cinemateca Uruguaya, Universidad de la República, and Fundación de Arte Contemporáneo.
APEX Colombia 2013
A student-led initiative to visit and team up with the Colombian Film Heritage Foundation (Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano) for the preservation of audiovisual materials of historical, cultural, and aesthetic importance.
APEX Argentina 2009
A team of film experts and archivists from the United States under the direction of Professor Dan Streible traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina in May 2009 to help the Museo del Cine preserve it's orphan films.
APEX Ghana (2008 - ongoing)
Since 2008, APEX Ghana has aimed to promote Ghanaian audiovisual archives through collaboration and knowledge exchange between Ghanaian archivists, MIAP students and faculty, and our respective affiliated professional networks. Over the years, the exchange has produced a variety of exciting activities: workshops for local practitioners in Ghana and abroad, internships placements for MIAP student interns at Ghanaian institutions, at least one Fulbright Fellowship, and the creation of an audio digitization lab at the University of Ghana's Institute for African Studies Archive. These activities have resulted in increased access to Ghanaian audiovisual heritage for teaching, learning, and scholarship, both today and in the future.
APEX Ghana 2014 - APEX Ghana 2010 - APEX Ghana 2009 - APEX Ghana 2008