The Hands of Carl Chew On My Father's Farm
Carl Chew, Bill Ritchie / Seattle, WA
A collaboration between Ritchie and his then student at the University of Washington Carl Chew, this experiment from the infancy of "video art" was made with a 2 camera feedback system and set to Pachelbel's Canon in D. Romantic music, sensual visual flow and more than a little wit.(8 min)

Neptune, the Mystic
Jim Cox / Olympia, WA
Before making his famed EAT THE SUN (1974), Cox experimented with electronic video image making while at Evergreen State College. (7 min)

Counterpane
Kenneth O'Connell / Eugene, OR
A "cinematic poem" from a dream about flying above the valley landscape. (2-1/2 min)

Jack in the Fox
Karl Krogstad/Seattle, WA
"There is no financial support for independent filmmaking I this country"  K.K. (7 min)

Wobby Wino #1
Will Vinton, Bob Gardiner / Portland, OR
Clay sculptor Bob Gardiner teamed up with documentary filmmaker Will Vinton and made this test character study for  CLOSED MONDAYS, their Oscar winning animated film (45 sec.)

Blackjack's Family
William Donker, David Milholland/Portland, OR
Pat has four kids when she meets Brow while living in a political collective. They struggle with child rearing and to fashion an alternative family structure that meets the challenges of contemporary life. "I think our family represents the times as they are now," says Pat. The now is1973 and now the then is timeless. (53 min)

Intermission (for purposes of refreshment)

Pit Viper aka Ground Zero
J. Collins/Medford , OR
An epic in six parts beginning with the ultimate in found footage, 18 min of diverse countdown leaders edited together. Then the real fun begins. "Civilization is the upward struggle of mankind, in which millions are trampled to death that thousands may mount on their bodies." (60 min)

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