Translations:Het veiligstellen van films en bijhorende magneetbanden die zijn aangetast door het azijnsyndroom bij Opera Ballet Vlaanderen/1/en

After making an inventory of audiovisual and digital archives in the performing arts sector, we came across a box containing film stock with a vinegar-like odour in the archive at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. This raised our suspicions that it had been affected by vinegar syndrome, so we tested it using A-D strips and discovered this was indeed the case. The management team at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen therefore decided to transfer the affected materials to Cinematek for better storage, and asked VIAA to digitise the content so it could be safeguarded for the future.