9/24/2020: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Nancy Buchanan
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8/27/20: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: TRANSSEXUALS screening and discussion
On August 27th, Media Burn will be screening TRANSSEXUALS alongside guests Susan Milano, Christina Milano, and Andrew Gurian. Continue reading
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8/14/20: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Laurie Little
For the fifth in our series of events highlighting video activists and pioneers, Media Burn was joined on August 14th by Laurie Little. Little presented a collection of short films and trailers, with the goal of covering a wide variety of her videomaking career. In conjunction with the event, she has enabled online access to her films “Sisters March” and “Totalité,” which are discussed in the event but not presented in full. “Sisters March”, one of Little’s most recent films, … Continue reading
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7/30/20: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Skip Blumberg
Media Burn is proud to announce that we’ll be joined by Skip Blumberg in the fourth of our events spotlighting pioneers of videomaking. Continue reading
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7/23/20: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Tom Weinberg
Join Media Burn’s founder, Tom Weinberg, for the third in our series of events focused on video pioneers. Continue reading
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7/16/20: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Eleanor Boyer
Be sure to sign up for Media Burn’s mailing list to hear about future events! Video continues to be a force in generating social change and exposing the realities of life in America. Media Burn Archive is proud to announce the second installment in our new series of screenings and discussions with pioneers of video art and activism. This week we’ll be joined by Eleanor Boyer, a Chicagoan videomaker who has worked in video activism since the 1970s. We hope … Continue reading
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7/2/20: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Ira Schneider
Join Media Burn Archive for a digital screening and discussion of the radical power that video can have in enacting social change. Continue reading
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Pop Video Test: Chicago Video Art, part 1
“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. Continue reading