Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library
The Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library (HIDVL)—a collaboration between New York University Libraries and the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics—brings together in one place materials that have been available only in small, little-known archives that are inaccessible to scholars and that lack the resources to properly care for and provide access to these extraordinary cultural documents. Our trilingual Artist Profiles provide additional context to the videos and ensure wide accessibility to audiences around the Americas.
The HIDVL Collections
The Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library (HIDVL) provides a digital venue for documenting the expression of social and political life through performance in the many cultures and political landscapes of the Americas. We have used the resources of digital technology to insure the long-term preservation of this rare material and to make it accessible not just to researchers at NYU but to scholars around the world.
The Artist Profiles
We have created a profile for each artist or collection housed in HIDVL. These artist profiles, compiled with the collaboration of the artists themselves, aim to contextualize the video collections with photos, texts, interviews, programs, bibliographies and additional resources that viewers might find useful. Because the profiles are trilingual, they ensure wider accessibility to audiences around the Americas.
Searching
The Search feature of the Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library is still in a pilot phase. If your search retrieved no results, please click the browse collection tab to see what we have available.
Copyright Statement
Materials of the Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library are protected by copyright. They may not be copied, downloaded, or reproduced. The owner of this work has granted NYU Libraries non-exclusive rights to include this material in the Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library and to make it accessible to the public for educational and research purposes. Requests to purchase or for permission to use the work should be directed to the owner.