Audiovisual heritage is considered one of the most fragile, as video media expire. Magnetic tapes, unlike stone or paper, slowly degrade and erase themselves, even when unused. Formats as common in homes during the 80s and 90s as VHS have an estimated lifespan of only twenty to thirty years.

Other subsequent systems such as 8 mm or Hi8 can experience a significant signal loss (10 to 20%) after two decades due to magnetic disintegration. This process threatens to erase a fundamental part of our collective memory, creating a gap between film and digital files.

Often, when discussing audiovisual heritage, institutional archives come to mind, but the invaluable worth of private archives is forgotten. These domestic recordings and popular events form a living narrative of the towns and their people. Digitizing them is not a matter of nostalgia, but of collective responsibility to prevent these testimonies from vanishing.

In this context, the figure of Julio Gutiérrez, who recently passed away at the age of 88, takes on special significance in Gelida. He was one of the driving forces behind the second phase of Televisió de Gelida and a persistent guardian of the town's image for over twenty years.

As a cameraman and member of the governing council, Gutiérrez recorded all types of events and daily moments of the municipality. He was also key in collaborating on the streaming broadcast of the 1st Penedesfera Conference in 2008, in addition to collecting events held in the town during periods when the local television was not broadcasting.