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May 11-12, 1990, Chicago. Raw footage of a planning committee for a 24-hour, innovative independent TV channel, composed of various independent videomakers and William T. Kirby of the MacArthur Foundation. People pictured onscreen include: Virgil Grillo, Dee Dee Halleck, Dee Davis, Jon Alpert, John Schwartz, Bill Kirby, Lillian Jimenez, Tom Weinberg, Jim Martin, Steve Pearce, and Woody Wickham.
A documentary about the campaigning during the 1988 Iowa Caucuses. Many of the 1988 presidential hopefuls are seen “shaking hands and kissing babies,” while the media covers their every move. Shot on super-8 film with sync sound.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring work by Jeff Lint and the Chicago Filmmakers. Segments include “Duck,” “Imperialist Overture,” “Flowchart,” and “Defense for Atomic Attack.”
This episode features 9 thirty-second commercials produced for performance artists in addition to several short films. NOTE: The artists commercials are not available online. This means the timecodes are not accurate for the online version.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring work by Chris Schmidt and Tim Johnson, Arnold Leibovit, Barbara Popvic and Rafael Gomez, and Ken Gilford and Virginia Gorski. Segments include, respectively, “Surprise Party,” “Penny Lane,” “Alley,” and “Heart and Sole.”
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of artists Monica Kendall, Taggart Siegel and Steven Jandacek, Nancy R. Stone, Carl Gustafson, and Michael Heister. Works include animation, drama, and documentary.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring “Always Late” by Mitchell Kriegman, “Advanced Riding Bowl” by Connie Coleman and Alan Powell, “The Chicago Cycling Classic” by Karen Conner, and “Cetacean” by Chip Dodsworth. The tapes in this program were selected for showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art.