HAMACA preserves the leading experimental film and video archive related to Spain. It catalogues, arranges and digitally conserves this collection, which contains the most outstanding history of single-channel and experimental videographic practices from the late 1960s to the present day. The aim is to safeguard and make this cultural and documentary heritage accessible to the public for study, consultation and viewing.
From this archive, HAMACA builds all its exhibition, learning and professionalisation programs. It also distributes the works in the catalog through a common and consensual system of fees.
Along with the tasks of documentation, preservation and programming of these works, HAMACA raises awareness, both from an institutional and social point of view, of the need to create policies aimed at safeguarding the state's audiovisual heritage, as well as to enhance the value of the archive as a device for the common memory.
