Cinemeccanica projector Victoria 9 running
The sound of the projector running, without the light (Xenon lamp). The sound varies according to the quality or thickness of the…
Card catalog
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About the sound
Created in 1958 in Brussels, the Archives and Museum of Literature is a centre for documentation and research of the published heritage of French-speaking Belgium. It is dealing with theatre, novels, short-stories,...
In addition to its online databases, the old wooden card catalog in the reading room is still an important tool for the researcher. A few dozen drawers contain bibliographical informations about 30 years of acquisitions, from 1958 to 1989. They will soon disappear, and with them a very particular sound which had been familiar to so many scholars.
Video and sound recordist : Gaëlle Courtois / La Fonderie, Brussels
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