THIS IS ONLY A TEST
(1992 to present/30 mins./weekly series). Produced by Termite TV Collective. This weekly half-hour show uses a collage mix of documentary, personal, appropriated and computer-processed imagery to address contemporary issues. Now producing its second season, the series is carried by The 90's Network (twelve cable systems serving 4.5 million homes nationwide) and Free Speech TV, a new service linking 60 cable systems and serving 15 million homes nationwide.

SELECTED FESTIVALS

• 1992 Sony/American Film Institute Visions of the U.S.
  
• 1992 + 1993 Hometown USA Video Festival,
  
• 1992 Athens International Film/Video Festival;
  
• 1993 Festival of Independents, (Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema)
  
• 1993 Three Rivers Arts Festival;

SELECTED BROADCASTS

• WHYY TV-12 Philadelphia (PBS; broadcast; one hour compilation);
  
• WYBE Channel 35 Philadelphia (PBS; broadcast; 1st season);
  
• DUTV Cable 54 Philadelphia (1st season, 2nd season);
  
• The 90's Cable Channel (1st season, 2nd season)
  
• Free Speech TV: (2nd season)

INTERVENTION
(1991/computer-controlled interactive installation).
Two linked Amigas controlled a Video Toaster, mixing three video feeds. Spectator/ participants controlled a video image by maneuvering deliberately within an enclosed area.

POLAROID PROJECT
(1991/8 mins./16mm to 3/4"SP).
Co-Produced with Mike Kuetmeyer. A spontaneous poem that explores the power of making and naming images.

SELECTED FESTIVALS

• 1992 Athens International Film/Video Festival
  
• 1992 Guild Complex Poetry Festival

SELECTED BROADCASTS

• Unquote TV (DUTV Channel 54 Philadelphia)
  
• Through the Lens (Channel 35 WYBE-TV Philadelphia).

LOOK
(1991/11 mins/3/4"SP).
Image processed documentary footage is juxtaposed with tales of an eye operation, resulting in a personal meditation on looking and seeing.

SCREENINGS

• 1991 Philadelphia Festival of Independents
  
• Broadcast on Unquote TV (DUTV Channel 54).

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version 2.0, June 27, 1996