Category: Termite Timeline

Questions of faith, proof, and town management are raised in this video about apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Marlboro, NJ. The filmmakers’ attempt to document this religious occurrence is juxtaposed with the desire of many believers to capture photographic evidence. While thousands gather to catch a glimpse of Christian divinity, the small, primarily Jewish…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNnfXcSr2Kc The second installment of critical looks at notions of justice and transgression. The shooting of polar bears, a voyeuristic jumping man, and Galileo’s criminal act of positing a heliocentric universe are some of the more unusual instances of crime and punishment we examine here. How do we punish our dogs; how do we punish…

The daily cycle of tides and the waves that roll or crash onto the shore are linked to the invisible pull of the moon. They say immigrants come in waves too. But what is the force that draws people from one country to another… or repels them…or keeps them in? Drawing on personal experience, three…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=looQhX3ub2s This show examines the issues of transgression and retribution, guilt and innocence, and wonders how clearly drawn are the lines that divide them. Is the judge known as the “King of Death Row” getting away with murder? What exactly do we celebrate every November on Thanksgiving – the beginnings of a nation or the…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqhWfVIhS9MThe problems, potential, and poetry of life in the city. Urban spaces reveal multiple meanings. For skateboarders and late-night rollerbladers the alleys and asphalt are a playground. For the homeless man the streets are home. For the thousands who watch the demolition of the Sears building, the city’s a spectacle. Abandoned lots speak of the…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvbydxOrRPo A persistent geometric form, a variant of binarism, a compelling configuration of the human mindscape. What is the origin of the Pink Triangle? the Bermuda Triangle? the Love Triangle? On a triangular intersection, MAB paints workers on strike, cook beans and prepare for a revolution. A professor of physics explains why we need a…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q2vq53gntU Sacred Harp music in an Alabama church; singing vaginas and decomposing corpses set to original a Capella compositions and backwards classical pieces; conch shell sampling and songwriting made easy; even between modern-day Georges, Pauls and Johns (did Ringos ever count?); and the three best things about being a grown up, which, you guessed it,…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAoZVJ7Br1k    Was the world really created out of the secretions of white ants? Termite TV explores and creates connections between secrets and secretions. This show reveals the lesser known poetry of Jonathan Swift, gives a critical look to the photographs of Andres Serrano, and reflects on the stain of menstruation. No bodily fluid is…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRMdwZBzJnE Purring pets and bored grandmothers become bonded with the Id and the Ego through the forces of Animal Magnetism. But, tales of dead dogs and ducks reveal the tragic complications of inter-species love. What animal will you be reincarnated into? psst…Nicole’s dog knows O.J. did it. Coordinating producer Michael Kuetemeyer Segment Video Artist Collaborator…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zzYdDajJ3Y  When the promiscuous virgin visits the continents everyone contemplates their own virginity; how they lost it, what they gained and where to go from there. In India, the Promiscuous Virgin searches for the cosmic egg and finds a hairbrush instead… This show makes you wonder: Am I promiscuous or am I still a virgin?…