Sykes 1 / Electronic Masks 1”
Abstract compositions inspired by the imagery of North American indigenous cultures. Created using the Sandin Image Processor.
“The Pop Video Test” was a joint effort between Scott Jacobs and Tom Weinberg of the Chicago Editing Center, and the Video Group of the Bell and Howell Corporation. This cooperative effort between the independent video community and a corporate video distributor was intended to test the viability of the home video market. The videomakers assembled ten hours of video pieces meant as an alternative to available pre-recorded programming (ie Hollywood movies). Fifty VCR owners in the Chicago area agreed to examine and review the tapes. Test viewers then received the programming two hours at a time, in groupings labeled Video Art, Documentary, Entertainment, and Potpourri.
The mothers of the heroes and martyrs of Estelí talk about their fallen family members, August, 1984. Experimental video made with Sandin Image Processor. / Las madres de héroes y mártires de Estelí hablan de la familia caida, agosto 1984. Estelí heróico, Nicaragua libre.
Un documental en cuatro “movimientos.” Nicaragua, Septiembre, 1984. Los campesinos en un cafetal, El Callao, ofrecen una visión intima y política de la vida rural. LA HISTORIA DE REYNA FLORES (14 min.); ENFRENTANDO ESCASECES (14 min.); LA NATURALEZA Y LA HISTORIA (25 min.); AGUA PURA (6 min.).
In September 1984, director Julia Lesage visited a coffee plantation with Nicaraguan camerawomen, Amina Luna and Miriam Carrero, and organizers from the ATC, the Nicaraguan salaried farm workers’ union. El Crucero gives an in-depth picture of that farm. The tape is organized in four “movements,” each in a different documentary style, to capture different aspects of life and politics on that farm. The use of different documentary styles provokes a reflection on how the US media convey information about other countries and cultures.
Three abstract video art pieces using image processing by Cindy Neal. Clouds & Crickets (2 min), Arrow (8 min, silent), and Fire (2 min).
This is a video of different segments of varying lengths showing computer generated graphics with ambient sound.