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.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring “Black Forest Trading Post” by Stuart Klein and Andrew Lugg, “Cinetract Emotional Fascism” by Tom Corboy, “Sun Run” and “Star Crazy” by Rufus Butler Seder, “The Underground Water Source” by J.P. and Lilian Somersaulter, and “Old Age: A True Story” by Alan Marcus.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring “Festival of the Saws” and “Ugly Dog Contest” by Skip Blumberg and Jules Backus, and “Autoparts” by Chip Lord and Phil Garner.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring “The Space Cadets” by Heather McAdams, “The Cough” by Teddy Dibble, “Duet for Tap and Galoshes” by Laurie McDonald, “City Slickers” by Rufus Butler Seder, and “Sunstone” by Ed Emshwiller.
Image Union episode featuring “Dance in Silence” by Annette Barbier. Color video. A piece that documents a dance program for hearing-impaired young adults. It follows the dance troupe from rehearsals to their final performance.
Compilation episode of Image Union. All segments in this episode are videos with musical accompaniment, no dialogue or narration. The videos are from Paul Gray, John Stevenson and David Liston, Scott Miller, John Stein, and City Video Productions.
Hour long compilation episode of Image Union featuring “TV Magic Ballots” by Nate Herman and Warren Leming, “Assassins” with Joe Mantegna and Jack Wallace, “Chicago Blues” by Jim Passin and Nancy Grosse, work from Jane Veeder, excerpts from “Now We Live On Clifton” by Kartemquin Films, stopmotion animation, an interview by “My Sister’s Cutting Room” during a dog’s birthday party, and “The Bums” by Scott Jacobs and Valjean McLenighan 1976.
The second half of the episode features “Electronic Masks” by Barbara Sykes, an excerpt from “Paper Roses” by Maxi Cohen and Joel Gold, and “Television Delivers People” by Richard Serra and Carlota Fay Schoolman.
Film made with the Kwakwaka’wakw Indians (also called the Kwakiutl) of British Columbia about their struggles to preserve their cultural heritage. As an introduction to the piece, Chuck Olin explains that the documentary was not made simply about the tribe from the point of view of an outsider, it was made with them and for their own use. The potlach was a fundamental part of the Kwakiutl’s culture and economy. However, the Canadian government declared it illegal, and in the 1920s they interrupted a potlach held by this tribe and stole all of the tribe’s important artifacts. The tape celebrates the return of these artifacts t o the tribe and the building of a cultural center to house them. The film also deals with the tribe’s attempts to preserve their language and culture.