Homemade TV: The Electronic Image 1975
A broadcast presentation of Steina and Woody Vasulka's experiments with the electronic image. Featuring a 15-minute "jam session" of improvised video feedback art.
Portable Channel
Attica Interviews 1971
Portable Channel, a community documentary group in Rochester, New York, was one of the first small format video centers to have an ongoing relationship with a PBS affiliate (WXXI). Portapakers interviewed Sinclair Scott, a member of the negotiating team that went into Attica when the prisoners' rebelled at the federal prison in September 1971.
Beyond the Mountains, More Mountains 1975
Collage video of Haiti, using experimental film techniques, field recording, and relevant texts.
The Physical Tape 1972
"Steve Kolpan, video artist, at exercise." -Description from Portable Channel catalogue
Dead Patterns 1975
"A commentary on the phenomena of death and dying." -Description from Portable Channel catalogue
Homemade TV: Vasulkas II 1975
Description from Portable Channel catalog: "This Program is a unique broadcast presentation of the Vasulka's recent experiments with the electronic image. It is not "video on TV" but a "videobroadcast" direct from the Vasulkas' loft in Buffalo, New York." The broadcast does in fact feature 3 Vasulka projects in their entirety: The Matter, Soundgated Images, and C-Trend.
