Saturday, August 21, 1999
Dave Gibbons, the Media TV guy asked us what is Termite's ax to grind,
what's it's goal. Sometimes, often maybe, I'm not too clear on the answer.
And it gets a little frustrating when we're asked to explain ourselves every
stop of the way on this trip. What is Termites goal? Do we need one other
than to be a video collective that's making something other than something
different from "mainstream" television? Are we political, are we experimental,
are we tv, are we art, activist, aesthetes, some combination, and if a combination
(which I guess is the answer) does the combining add up to something greater
than the parts? Sometimes I wonder if the parameters of Termite TV are better
suited to other less dreamy types than the four of us.
Sometimes I complain too much.