About the presenter
\nBarron Sherer lives and works in Miami\, Florida. He is a time-based me dia artist with a background in moving image archival practices. Sherer's moving image work centers on the dé\;tournement and rerouting of arc hival media and assembling it with materials he creates with legacy filmma king techniques. This work generally explores contemporary and historical realities and the image-based representations that engage with them.
\nIn 2017\, Sherer received a South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowshi p. He founded a studio project in 2020 with a significant Knight Foundatio n investment. He was a 2023 Knight Foundation Art + Tech Expansion Fund re cipient to invest in his analog to digital artmaking workflows. Currently\ , Barron is a 2024 Project Artist in Residence at Deering Estate.
\nRecent work has been exhibited at the Frost Museum of Art\, Perez Art Muse um Miami\, Dimensions Variable\, and Emerson Dorsch Miami. Sherer's 2024 s olo exhibition at Bridge Red Studios in North Miami featured 16mm installa tions and video projections at Walls Gallery in Miami\, Queensland.
\n< p>Sherer's media work may be found at Canyon Cinema Foundation and in priv ate collections. His solo exhibition "MOOD OVER MIAMI" at Bridge Red Studi os in North Miami runs through November 2024.\nAbout the Di vision of Special Collections &\; Archives
\nMiami-Dade Public Library System&rsquo\;s Division of Special Collections &\; Arch ives holds rare and irreplaceable historical documents for the benefit of the public and scholarly community. They oversee the Helen Muir Florida Co llection\, 16mm Film Collection\, Cuban Collection of Rare Books &\; Ep hemera\, Genealogy Collection\, Vasari Project\, and rare &\; antiquari an books from as early as the 17th century. The Division's primary goal is to provide the public with the contents of the vault at their request. It s collections include rare books\, original manuscripts\, over 18\,000 pho tographs\, prints\, artifacts\, audiovisual resources\, and electronic med ia.
\nAbout the Film Collection
\nThe 16mm fi lm collection has been part of the Library's holdings for over 55 years. I ts first films were part of the City of Miami&rsquo\;s public library and began in the 1960s before there was a county library. When MDPLS was forme d\, the County supplemented its local funding for films with Federal LSCA grants (Library Services and Construction Act). Apart from leased feature films\, all films were purchased for free exhibition for the life of the p rint. Subjects within the collection include experimental/avant-garde art films\, non-narrated films\, children&rsquo\;s films\, Black history\, Flo ridiana\, and local history. Today\, there are over 4\,000 films within th e collection. \;
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