Category: Season #3 (1996 – 1998)
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NATIVE ALIEN
As borders shift and countries collapse, immigrants travel the globe in search of old roots and new homes. 8 media artists explore what it means to be native, (resident) alien, an immigrant, or simply a citizen of the world. How does the new Anti-Immigration Bill affect the life of an Indian woman? Why was it…
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NEW YEAR
The New Year is followed from East to West as it travels around the globe. Members of Termite TV Collective, dispersed by the season, document their environments, capturing the spirit of the New Year in different time zones. Groggy lovers wake up analyzing their essence, while the sun sets on a Bavarian sledding party. Watching…
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SCHUYLKILL RIVER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbQSGiBL7mI A multi-faceted document of Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River and the spaces and ideas that converge in its flow. The Schuylkill River is a place where gay lovers meet, where people mourn the loss of their youth, where Canadian geese live and catfish die. There is Undine, the water nymph, still alive after centuries of inspiring…
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VIRGIN VISIONS
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…
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CRIME & PUNISHMENT 2
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…
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TELE/KINETICS
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…
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CRIME & PUNISHMENT 1
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…
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URBAN LIVING
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…
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TRIANGLE
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…