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Walter Forsberg (b. Saskatchewan, CANADA) works with film & time-based media as a creator and conservator.
Walter's publications include Every Recording Saved: Smithsonian Audiovisual Histories, Volume 1, published in 2026, and his artist book STARVATION YEARS, published in 2014, between which he co-edited four book-length anthologies about the history of microcinemas, motion picture hand-processing, and Mexican independent film. Distributor NEON will publish his book about William Greaves' documentary, Once Upon A Time in Harlem, in late-2026.
Walter is an Adjunct Professor at New York University. From 2022-2026 he served as Curator of Audiovisual Media at Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. From 2014-2018, he founded the Media Conservation and Digitization unit at the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture and its groundbreaking home movie program. Alumnus of NYU's Moving Image Archive and Preservation department, Walter was previously the technical architect of the New Museum of Contemporary Art's XFR STN exhibition, winner of the 2014 Innovation Award for digital stewardship from the Library of Congress.
Walter's recent writing on film appears in BlackFlash magazine, the Strange Currencies: Art & Action in Mexico City, 1990-2000 exhibition catalog, and in the INCITE Journal of Experimental Media where he is a contributing editor.
