The possibilities of multimedia technology to be spotlighted at the Presidential Library’s cinema club meeting

September 9, 2021 at 16:00 Moscow time, the Presidential Library will host a cinema club meeting Visualization in Culture: Using Multimedia Technology to Create Video. The event is organized jointly with the International DH Center in ITMO University.

For cultural institutions, the electronic environment is an opportunity to make the national heritage available to a wide audience. The cinema club participants will discuss the types of multimedia technology and the way to use them.

Representatives of the School of Young Professionals M-Art St. Petersburg GBUDO Center for Creative Development and Humanitarian Education On Vasilievsky will show creative works that use such visual design methods as kinetic typography, motion design, infographics, animation and video effects. The multimedia projects are based on materials spotlighting the world's cultural heritage.

In turn, the specialists of the International DH Center in ITMO University will present projects that use computer algorithms to collect, analyze, interpret and visualize humanitarian data. Experts will reveal the possibilities of using digital technology for the preservation of cultural heritage and will tell about the new international master's program “Digital Techniques in Humanities Research” in analytics and visualization of humanitarian data.

We invite everyone to join the Presidential Library's cinema club.

The event will take place at the Presidential Library at the address: Senate Square, 3. Please confirm your personal presence before 12:00 September 8 by phone: 305-16-35; +7 921 594-16-13 or by e-mail: smolina@prlib.ru Elena Viktorovna Smolina.

The cinema club meeting will be broadcasted live on the Presidential Library's portal in Live broadcasts section, on the institution's YouTube channel, as well as on the page of the Presidential Library's cinema club on the VKontakte social network.

Accreditation of media representatives is until 12:00 September 8, 2021.

Please forward applications for accreditation following the attached form marked “Media Accreditation” to the following e-mail addresses: media@prlib.ru, titunina@prlib.ru Kristina Titunina, tel.: (812) 305-16-40, ext. 781; mob. +7 999 218-05-98.

The letter should contain the full name, date and place of birth, passport data (series, number, place of registration), a list of carry-on equipment, contact phone numbers, the name of the media.

We draw the attention of the media representatives that it is necessary to forward applications for accreditation and arrive at the event in advance.

Entrance to the Presidential Library is carried out only by prior registration and upon showing a passport: for media representatives - through entrance № 2, participants and guests of the event - through entrance № 1.

In order to reduce the risks of the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the use of personal protective equipment during the event is mandatory for all attendees.