Category: Termite Timeline
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Democritization of XR
Imagine a world where AI, VR, MR, AR and 3D technology allow us to construct experiences as a community-driven public access utility. What are the implications or opportunities for our families, our neighborhoods, our schools,when emerging technology is people powered media? Termite TV partnered with PhillyCAM and other local media organizations for Philly Tech week.…
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City Harvest: the Next Decade
In 2005, filmmaker Deb Rudman began a process to document Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s (PHS) City Harvest program. Through this program, inmates of the Philadelphia Prison System grow seedlings at a prison greenhouse, and thousands more seedlings are started at neighborhood-based greenhouses run by nonprofit partners. The inmates receive training in gardening and basic landscaping along…
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Waste – call for works
Termite TV is soliciting new media work for its ‘Waste’-themed show set to debut in October 2015. Current pieces include profiles of artists working with garbage, a trash cleanup project and exhibition, dumpster diving, an old vacuum and timelapse pieces on working with recycled art. Other open topics…
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SURVEYS – CITYWIDE: A Collective Exhibition at Vox Populi Gallery
Termite TV Collective presents SURVEYS at Vox Populi Gallery as part of “CITYWIDE : A Collective Exhibiton”. SURVEYS is a video installation that chronicles the 22 year history of Termite TV. Exhibition Dates: November 1 – November 25, 2013 Opening Reception: Friday, November 1st 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Vox Populi 319 N 11th St, Third Floor, Philadelphia,…
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Call for Work – The Censorship Show
Triggered by the case against experimental filmmaker Lawrence Brose, Termite TV is producing a show about art and censorship. Background: Lawrence Brose is an internationally-known award-winning gay experimental film artist who has created over thirty films since 1983. In November 2009, Lawrence was charged in federal court with possessing internet images of child pornography, including…
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Call for new work: SURVEILLANCE
Termite TV is soliciting new work for its Surveillance-themed show to debut in April 2013. For the last 20 years, Termite has been producing 30 minute compilation video programs for distribution online, on PhillyCAM, and at community & gallery screenings. This Spring’s show is centered around the theme of SURVEILLANCE (see below for some ideas…
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Regional Report Profile: Termite TV
In 1992 three Temple University graduate students, Jim Ospenson, Merle Perlson and Michael Kuetemeyer, were so blown away by Manny Farber’s 1962 manifesto, “Termite Art Vs. White Elephant Art,” that they formed the Termite TV Collective. Kuetemeyer explains, “What was inspirational for us was Manny Farber’s definition of ‘termite art’ being art that doesn’t strive…
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Walk Philly – now with Geolocation
The Walk Philly website has been upgraded to make it easy to find the walks near by! – Use the “Walks Near Me” link to have the site use your geolocation to find the closest walk videos – Or enter an address to search by location Walk an augmented termite reality today!
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April showers bring…
City Harvest This is the story of the City Harvest program, a collaborative partnership in gardening addressing institutional rehabilitation, community integration and improved nutrition. Through cycles of change and growth, prison inmates taking part in the “roots of re-entry” greenhouse program, network with neighborhood gardens to grow produce to be distributed to local food cupboards…