Category: Termite Timeline
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PROMISES, PROMISES
PROMISES, PROMISES The show is in the mail, along with girl scout oaths, student loan repayments, a cheap landlord, sweepstakes millions, religious covenants and the Contract on America. Termite TV wants to know: what have you done for us lately? Meryl Perlson Coordinating producer Segment Video Artist Collaborator Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 le Open Jim…
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HABITS
Ritual mongers and substance abusers will delight in this binge of obsessive activities. Bleed with the pain of ever picked toenails, buzz with caffeine from the almighty bean, wilt under the weight of thinking too much, and never, never change your morning ritual. The Surgeon General guarantees this show to be addictive. Meryl Perlson Coordinating…
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RANDOM NOTES OF RAGPICKER WOMAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHOmBV4js_E Random Notes of Ragpicker Woman is an investigation of people’s ideasand memories about recycling. It explores recycling during times of war,depression and peace; as a form of protest, as an expression of guilt,as an offering of goodwill and an empty diplomatic gesture.
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KAMAKA’EHA (aching eye)
One hundred years after the overthrow of the Nation of Hawai’i, Kamaka’eha, a ceremony at the erupting Kilauea Volcano unifies the political struggle of native Hawaiians with the living land they fight to regain. This lyrical documentary blends traditional oral history with visual techniques drawn from still photography and video art. It interweaves the personal…
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ORION CLIMBS
ORION CLIMBS combines colorized Pixelvision and standard Pixelvision interviews, video beamed from the space shuttle Discovery, and English language records from the 1940’s to explore the relationship between the maker and his family and friends utilizing a complex soundtrack and heavily layered images.
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OLD TECH/NEW TECH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXM8CGgDUwA Once the fire has been started there is no turning back. Trips to Biosphere II and the mock pyramid of the Luxor Hotel reveal commercialism of the future as well as the past. If “technology is final, not optimal,” will the Wonderbra save us all? Coordinating Producers Michael Kuetemeyer Jim Ospenson Meryl Perlson…
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FIRE
A white hot Termite expose of pyrotechnic brain chemistry, redheads, lava sacraments, flag burners, and Waco Texas scorches your home screen. Barbecue Stool sings a ballad of the electric chair. Jim Ospenson Coordinating producer Segment Video Artist Collaborator Role Intro Jim Ospenson Seizure Sites Jim Ospenson Chris O’Connell Writer Hawaiian Lava Michael Kuetemeyer Dan Kuetemeyer…
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WORK
Termite TV invades the workplace. Workers of some worlds have nothing to lose: their chains include body fluid commodity futures, writer’s block, surveillance cameras, condoms, super bowl discontent, the post office, and their own golden throats. Segment Video Artist Collaborator Role Open Jim Ospenson Tee Vee Open Hound Ants & fruit flies Kilroy McAloha In…
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Old City Walks, Walk Philly
Old City Walks, Walk Philly 9/4/2009 – 9/16/2009 Exhibit, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia Fringe Festival
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Chinatown Walks
Chinatown Walks, Walk Philly 4/4/2009, Exhibit, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia