Cristian Sema
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Cristian Sema is an archivist and VHS collector in Argentina, recognized for his extensive collection and his role as the owner of RaroVHS. His collection is one of the largest in the country, reportedly comprising around 8,000 VHS tapes. Sema's passion for VHS inspired him to start collecting when he realized many titles were being discarded with the decline of video rental stores.
He has turned his collection into a digital archive shared across various platforms, including a website, blog and social media under the name RaroVHS. His work involves not just collecting but also preserving and sharing rare or forgotten video content from the VHS era, focusing on Argentine cinema, TV commercials, and other nostalgic video materials from the '80s and '90s. Sema has been interviewed by several Argentine media outlets, highlighting his efforts to keep the memory of VHS alive in the digital age. His activities also include cataloging his collection, although he mentions it's an ongoing task due to the sheer volume of tapes he owns.
He has turned his collection into a digital archive shared across various platforms, including a website, blog and social media under the name RaroVHS. His work involves not just collecting but also preserving and sharing rare or forgotten video content from the VHS era, focusing on Argentine cinema, TV commercials, and other nostalgic video materials from the '80s and '90s. Sema has been interviewed by several Argentine media outlets, highlighting his efforts to keep the memory of VHS alive in the digital age. His activities also include cataloging his collection, although he mentions it's an ongoing task due to the sheer volume of tapes he owns.
