Led by Mona Jimenez, materiamedia consulted with libraries, archives, museums, media arts centers, and other non-profit organizations and caretakers holding endangered audiovisual collections, with a special commitment to public and community-based media, independently produced moving image/sound works, and time-based media artworks.

Following on the concept of materia medica for medical healing, Mona used the phrase materia media in recognition of the need for a rich body of knowledge as a foundation for safe-guarding collections of analog and digital video, audio, and multimedia. These collections demand continuous inquiry into the best strategies for sustainabilty, and deep, cross-disciplinary connections with communities of caretakers, creators, users, allies, and other like-minded problem-solvers.

Mona is currently focused on personal projects, but she takes on some teaching, advocacy and service work, mostly in community/participatory archiving and media art conservation. Below is a screenshot of her most recent website, that documents some of her background, experience and collaborations as materiamedia. Sorry, no embedded links yet.

Mona can be reached at mona [at] materiamedia [dot] com.