Summary
Eddy Colloton is a media conservator and digital asset specialist with nine years of experience preserving and managing time-based media for museums, cultural institutions, and private clients. Trained at NYU in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation, he combines hands-on conservation—disk imaging, fixity validation, wiring diagrams—with systems work, implementing Archivematica and ResourceSpace and automating video workflows with Python. His clients include the Hirshhorn, Denver Art Museum and the Hirshhorn’s project work informed Smithsonian ingest standards, while freelance engagements span estates and contemporary art organizations. Known for translating esoteric legacy hardware and obsolescent formats into durable digital assets, he also builds controlled vocabularies and taxonomies to make complex collections discoverable. Based in Denver, he blends curatorial sensitivity with pragmatic technical engineering to keep audiovisual works accessible for future audiences.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
B.A., Critical Studies of the Cinematic Arts, B.A., Critical Studies of the Cinematic Arts at University of Southern California
Master of Arts (MA), Moving Image Archiving and Preservation, Master of Arts (MA), Moving Image Archiving and Preservation at New York University