XFR Collective

03/03/2026

Upcoming events at XFR collective!

All three events will be at .i.t._ (411 S 5th St, 11211), we look forward to seeing you soon!

If you like what we do, consider supporting us by signing up to volunteer and/or making a donation! (details in our bio)

02/02/2026

Hurray for community archives ✨ Here’s our pop-up digitization station this last weekend at the Harlem Community Digitization Day. We were out here digitizing VHS tapes for folks coming through. Many thanks to and for inviting us to help preserve memories for those in the community.

01/26/2026

Upcoming events at XFR Collective!

Harlem Community Digitization Day (in collaboration with and ) will be held at the CCCADI Firehouse (120 E 125th St, 10035)

Volunteer Orientation, Community Meeting, and Transfer Tuesday will be at .i.t._ (411 S 5th St, 11211)

We look forward to seeing you soon!

If you like what we do, consider supporting us by signing up to volunteer and/or making a donation (details in our bio)

04/19/2025

Out here transferring tapes at the exhibition at the - Come say hey! Today till 4pm and next Saturday 4/26 till 3pm 📼

10/26/2024

XFR Collective member at large repped XFR at the today with our zines TOTAL RECALL and Dr. Tapelove! Check out XFR Collective on the Internet Archive to get your own digital versions and to see the hundreds of tapes we’ve digitized over the years.

10/26/2024

XFR Collective member at large representing XFR at today with our zines TOTAL RECALL and Dr. Tapelove! Check out our Internet Archive page to find both of them, along with hundreds of the tapes we’ve digitized!

05/24/2024

🗣️🗣️ CALLING ALL TAPE HEADS! Come learn the ins and outs of digitization through a FREE community workshop hosted by us, XFR Collective! We'll run you through the digitization process from start to finish -- from assessing your tape to uploading your file 📼📺✨

If you've ever been curious about what we do and how we do it, we encourage you to stop by .i.t._ on any of the above dates, and we'll give you the full rundown! Free and open to all!

Questions? Feel free to reach out, and we'll do our best to answer!

11/11/2023

11/11/2023

Today's the final day for Centro's Preserving Our Heritage: A weekend of community archiving"

We are honored to join these amazing groups of organizations that focus on archives, culture and community!

If you're registered or by the Silberman School of Social Work, drop by! XFR (with !) is doing an introductory workshop on preserving audiovisual materials


https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/preserving-our-heritage-a-weekend-of-community-archiving-at-centro/

10/31/2023

Spooky session at .beer

Thanks again and

Shorts in order:
- Debate of the Dead (1983)
- Nightmare Theater (1982)
- Anthoney’s Good TV (1981)
- Beware of Dog (1989)
- Skate Witches (1989)
- Halloween Night (2011)

10/30/2023

Spooky session has started!

Thank you to and .beer for letting us screen shorts for Halloween!

10/28/2023

👻🕸️Join us this upcoming Monday 10/30 at 6:00pm .beer for an evening of sinister, spooky, creepy, recently transferred analog video. Co-hosted with our friends at Barchives! 🕸️👻