Media Matters
Though the contents of every cassette, LP, and VHS tape you've ever owned can now fit inside a gadget the size of a tie clip, your plasma TV and subwoofer still need a resting place. Film archivist Rick Prelinger helps us evaluate modern media storage.
Crates of vinyl, an overbrimming welter of books, and a rat’s nest of cables and cords emanating from receivers, TVs, iPod docks, and perhaps the odd Victrola are the hallmarks of the media-obsessed collector. Perhaps it’s the World Book Encyclopedias from 1973 or the complete Magnum, P.I. DVD box set—–either way our desire to amass and display far more media than we’ll likely consume is as rampant as ever. And though the oldsters are more likely to play their Gordon Lightfoot on the one-twos than the digital one-zeros, every generation faces the age-old question: How do I store my library?
Whether you’ve gone strictly digital, with nothing more than a ThinkPad and an MP3 player, or you still cling to your Betamax cassettes, we’ve got a media storage option for you. From understated and efficient to wall-spanning installations that send as loud a message as your back issues of Ranger Rick, this selection is bound to satisfy any size annal and any size pocketbook. We asked archivist and filmmaker Rick Prelinger, founder of the Prelinger Library and Prelinger Archives, to help us through.
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Prospect Cabinet
Brooklyn is home to Wonk's design studio and showroom, and all of their furniture is made locally but shipped nationally. This 30"x12"x12" bamboo-ply cabinet has lacquered doors that…
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A'dammer Cabinet
Aldo van den Nieuwelaar designed A'dammer for Pastoe in 1978, and the round-topped unit with the roll-top door is still brilliant. The ribbing allows you to grab hold at any height, and the…
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Purist Wall Mount Cabinet
This sleek cabinet has a convenient full-extension storage drawer and coordinates with Purist lavatories. Mounted on the wall, it frees up bathroom space—something that can come in very handy…
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Fourth All-Media Juried Biennial
The exhibition will include original paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, photography, video, computer-generated images, site-specific installations, and performance art from Florida-based…
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The Lives of Energy
Making its U.S. premiere, The Lives of Energy is a new feature-length montage film by Rick Prelinger, archivist, writer, and founder of the world famous Prelinger Archives. The film is compiled…
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People who have digitized their entire movie/music collection do not need massive units to store all their components. There are less intrusive options from MDF Italia (Elevenfive or LCD Panel). If someone is looking for something less minimalist you can also buy a Danish Sideboard and rest the TV on the top.
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