Collecting the immaterial

2025 introduction Way back in 2014, I finally handed in my long-overdue master&rsquo;s thesis at the University of Amsterdam for the Preservation and Presentation of the moving image program . The text was twice as long as it should be and was far more theoretical than I had initially planned for. However, I was pleased about the result in the end, and I think I still am. The text is about many…