TV220 averaged two episodes a month within a standard half-hour time slot, though the duration fluctuated based on the content received. This collection consists of an incomplete set of over 90 TV220 episodes, originally airing 1996 to 2004. TV220 was produced by AS220 and distributed by Cox Communications as a Public, Education & Government (PEG Channel) cable-access television program from 1996-2004. This collection consists of videos of the program, digitized from VHS tapes. Initially the program was edited at the Cox Cable studios, but AS220 purchased used S-VHS equipment and a Commodore Amiga S-VHS Video Toaster to produce and edit in-house and then deliver the final recording to Cox Cable.
Contents include a interview by Umberto Crenca of Giedruis Sruogis who performs original songs accompanying himself on guitar (0:03:35); "This is a Good Job" a one-man spoken word performance Rick Massimo & Richard Goulis (0:07:49); VIDEO LOSES AUDIO at 0:15:49 - Umberto Crenca and Dennis di Battista sit in chairs angled at off-screen interviewer. 0:18:15 the two begin a costumed performance with di Battista orating accompanied by Crenca on a woodwind instrument and hand drum; 0:23:10 Chris Adams plays guitar accompanying singer Greg Gemma. 0:26:19 Giedruis Sruogis performs another song while credits roll.
Contents include TV220 intro, a montage of found footage (0:00:00); an experimental performance of ensemble music with a projector that casts shadows of the musicians against the wall (0:02:07); footage from the the "Eyes Wide Open" exhibit in Providence Place Park on July 9, 2004, a memorial to soldiers and civilians killed in the war in Iraq--several people read out the names, ranks, and ages of those killed while visitors interact with the memorial that includes boots laid out on stone steps and grass (0:12:28).
Contents include "Artists Rhode Island," an ironic talk show about interviewing local AS220 artists about their work, inspiration, and life, featuring footage of a performance art piece and live music (0:00:38).
Contents include "Discordia Part 1, Blows Hot, Blows Cold," an animation featuring kaleidoscopic effects and distorted video footage of natural landscapes and buildings (0:00:42); a melodramatic trailer for "Fanny," a film about death, illness, and the afterlife (0:12:06); an excerpt from "Cloud Seeding" by the "Circus of the Performative Object & Franklin Furnace Fundwinners," in which two people dressed in Marie-Antoinette-like costumes clumsily spill a tea set (0:15:36); edited footage of "Portal: A Time Machine" by Neil Salley, an installation involving a spinning wheel of images and lights (0:16:40); footage of "The Weird Mole Circus," a performance piece by Tim Trelease and a troupe of others (0:19:49); a video called "Rat Circus" by Jamie Virinis, in which a rat runs around an obstacle course designed for it (0:22:47).
Contents include "Riding the Rails," a kaleidoscopic animation by Dr. T (0:58); "Burning Portraits of Timothy McVeigh" by Mark Williams, footage of two artists using different techniques and explosives to burn portraits of the person responsible for the Oklahoma City Bombing (2:57).
Contents include "Pointed Meditation" by Dr. T, an animated video overlaid with ambient sounds (0:59); an animated video featuring recurring motifs of an eyeball and a skull by Frank Difficult (8:30); "Ghost of a Chance," an animated video by Heather Sylvester (14:47); "Still in Motion," a video by Celia Ayneto featuring different scenes of driving (18:37); TV220 credits (24:53).
Contents include "Flo'ology," an animation of flowing, swirling forms by Dr T. (0:59); "My Secret Shame," an experimental film about "guilty pleasures" by Martha Colburn (8:47); "Jimi Hendrix Machine Gun Interpretation" by Steve Cevoli, audio of Jimi Hendrix's "Machine Gun" played over video footage of American troops at war, presumably in Vietnam (11:14).
Contents include "Eyes and Big Things," an animation by Dr. T (0:43); "Godzillla: Part 1," a film by Raphael Lyon (1:51); the introduction to "Give it a Try," from the album "Breakfast With Kafka" by The Rhythm Party (5:37); "Statiklang" animation by Heather Sylvester (6:13); "Art Society," a comedic sketch by Voo Doo Wop Productions (11:20); "Sleep," an art film by Helen Stickler (13:07); excerpts from "Still in Motion," an art film by Maria Scaglione (15:46); "Goldfish," an art film by Kiriko Shirobayaski (16:47).
Content warning: Video segment "American Spy Society" includes a racial caricature & use of racial slur at 0:18:24-0:19:00 and homophobic slur at 0:24:07. Contents of the full video episode include "Solid Motion," an abstract video animation by Dr. T (0:0:41); "The Hungry Man's Dream" by Raphael Lyon, a black and white romantic film set in Louis restaurant that ends tragically when the main character is kicked out by the love interest's boyfriend (0:2:34); "Ghost of Dance," a grainy and amorphous animation by Heather Sylvester played over an ominous soundtrack by Ken Gauvin (0:8:56); excerpts from "Earp & Whitney" by Voo Doo Wop Productions (0:12:52), featuring a nonsensical comedy about spies who work for ASS (American Spy Society) and plot to assassinate the president (0:12:49); credits animation by Heather Sylvester (0:27:44).
Contents include "Amtrak Blur," distorted video footage of an Amtrak train ride (0:0:42); "CP Rail Kanada" a black and white film directed by Raphael Lyon that follows three people riding the rails and hitchhiking through Canada until they eventually become entangled with a pedophile and are arrested and detained at a camp where history becomes confused with the present (0:2:46); kaleidoscope-like animations by Jeff Drury, accompanied by credits (0:25:28).
Contents include "The Shiny" by Dr. T, video animation featuring repeating patterns and architectural structures (0:0:44); "Andre the Giant has a Posse," a documentary about the Andre the Giant sticker craze spurred by Shep Fairey who founded OBEY, including footage of Andre's wrestling matches and interviews with multiple people about the merchandise made with his image, and its role in skate culture and a critique of local politics (0:2:51); "Art Society," excerpts from Earp & Whitney by Voo Doo Productions that show a comedic sketch about the contemporary art world, featuring a painter from Belgium and footage of cock fighting (0:19:15); "Rimi" by Sara H. Idris, an experimental film featuring close-up shots of the body in silhouette and vibrant pink light (0:23:41); credits graphics by Craig Jordan (0:25:33).
Content warning: The video segment "Art Society" includes themes of necrophilia at 0:19:44. Contents of the full episode include "Whispers Whispers" by Dr. T, a spoken poem by David Wolfman played over animated video (0:0:41); "Head Feed," an animation by Heather Sylvester with soundtrack by Ken Gauvin (0:2:51); "One Man's Castle," a short documentary about Castle Cinema, a small neighborhood theater in Providence on Chalkstone Avenue that opened in 1925, featuring an interview with Ralph Quito, the owner of the theater, who discusses his experience working in movie theaters across Providence, the unionization of movie theater projector operators, neighborhood change, and the struggling small movie theater industry (0:3:30); "Art Society," excerpts of a comedic sketch from EARP & WHITNEY by Voo Doo Productions, featuring satirical profiles of avant garde artists including using human cadavers as sculptural material (0:16:30); "Oh no", "You're Pretty", & "Hey," three short films and sound experiments by Aida Ruilova featuring people walking across electric guitars, caressing an amp, ribbing a record against a stone wall, and tapping fingernails on a bannister (0:20:53); "Lady of the Lake," an animated video by Tereza Flaxman in which a naked woman emerges from a lake into sublime surroundings and creates a star (0:22:38); excerpts from ROBERTA by Maria Scaglione, in which a person winds a toy bird in a gilded cage and listens to the birdsong it plays (0:23:48); credits, featuring an abstract animation of swirling colorful patterns by Jason Macierowski (0:24:32).
Contents include "Miniature Elastic Slow Dance," animation by Dr. T (0:42); "Drowning," animation by Heather Sylvester and music by Ken Gauvin (2:52); "Untitled," a film about a convenience store by Jeff Drury (05:39); footage from the 2000 Fools Ball Parade, video by Dana Neugent and Frank Difficult (14:06); excerpts from "DONNA," a documentary about a woman obsessed with Corvettes and antique military paraphernalia, by Maria Scaglione (22:56).
Contents include TV220 intro (0:00:15); footage of the band "Example: None" performing a song about living in Providence (0:00:49); footage of a baby playing the drums while an adult accompanies him on trumpet (0:03:56); footage of Ralph Simone tap dancing and singing a song about being a lonely "gigolo" (0:05:27 ); footage of Bob Jordan playing a mandolin and singing (0:09:47); an advertisement for a dishwasher (0:13:11); footage from Rick & Keith's Show of Shows, a musical variety show with several performances (0:13:29); a cover of the song "Ring of Fire" played over close-up pans of paintings (0:17:55); footage of a live performance by the band Boiled in Lead, recorded at the Worcester Artist Group (0:24:00); footage of Bob Jordan playing the mandolin (0:27:28).
Contents include "After Effects Demonstration," a video made using Adobe After Effects by Frank Bisogno (1:13); "The See-Thru Rendezvous," a cartoon in which two bears go on a date and objects are drawn with "x-ray vision," by Anna Beckman (03:41); "The Human Hassock: a commercial break with Terry Crandall," a sketch by Dana Neugent (08:28); "Armature Rotation," an abstract animation video by Heather Sylvester (09:48); "Chinese Checkers" a sped-up game of Chinese checkers filmed by Xander Marro (11:53); "Cooking with Control," a hectic mock cooking show by Luisa Marisy Martinez (14:40); "Spooky in the Woods," animation and sound by Heather Sylvester (18:33); "Run Brownie Run," an art film of a person running through the city who loses a bag of groceries, by TIFF (19:31); "Telepodium Launcher Demonstration," a rockumentary about disguised rocket launchers by EBN (23:07).
Contents include "The Passage" animation & sound by Heather Sylvester (0:42); footage of World Trade Organization protests in Washington D.C. by John Bartlett (4:32); "'Buena Onda' (Nice Going)," an eerie, supernatural film by Miguel Coyula (07:06); "Clock Cycles: a digital fantasy from the analog world," animation by Dr. T (17:48); "La Rêve," a video of people in elaborate costumes from RISD Creature Creations 2000 (25:57).
Contents include "Red Light Enema," an art film by Heather Sylvester (0:42); "Asthma" an art film about smoking cigarettes by Martha Colburn (04:45); "Strike," an art film by Methot/Montano (06:45); "Shwa," a comedic short by Jan Muller (10:12); "Shawn Wallace as Himselves," a trumpet performance by Richard Goulis (12:45); "The Art Cheerleaders," footage of an ironic performance of cheerleaders celebrating art by Kristin Beard (13:39); "Music Video" by Emergency Broadcast Network (19:31); "Sensitive One," a video of a computer talking about love poetry she's written by Andrew Freiband (22:43).
Contents include a black and white film called "Hey Tiger" by Martha Colburn, starring Meduza performed by Joe Medusa, who undresses in a striptease while rock music plays (0:58); "Sky is Wide," video art by Methot/Montano (03:34); "Notes to a Friend, Silently Listening," a film created by Will Staff and animated by Heather Sylvester, with music by Amy Zimmitti (06:29); "Delegate" a photo montage and action film by Jesse Olanday with music by Neil Cabana (08:11); "Visions of Egypt" by Ed de Boo, a film featuring ethereal landscape shots of the desert (17:12); "Shwa," in memory of Josh Markets, footage of band practice compiled by Kraig Jordan (22:12).
Contents include "Shockhausen," a music video by Methot/Montano (0:45); Umberto Crenca saying "Boo Da" (04:08); "Get Down" by EBN, dramatized footage of preparation for a show and the performance itself (04:11); "A Sign on the Street," an animated video by Andrew Freiband (07:25); "Puppet Love," a sketch about a puppet trying online dating by Richard Goulis (8:28); a profile of art by Karen Yates with a soundtrack by DJ Gravity (13:14); "Where is Terry Crandall?," a retrospective comedic sketch by Dana Neugent (16:43); an excerpt from the Corny Corn Wallace Show by Corn Wallace with additional music by Amy Zimmitti (20:49); "What's on?" Video art about television by Martha Colburn (21:57); "JT as himselves," three people in costumes banging on household items, by Richard Goulis (23:39).
Contents include "The See-Thru Rendezvous," an animated film showing drawn objects with X-ray vision, by Anna Beckman (0:42); footage of a black cat puppet laughing, from the Corny Corn Wallace Show (05:32); "Free TV," a film about electronics and waste by Kelly Riley (05:51); "Terry Crandall as Terrorist" by Dana Neugent (07:54); a mock talk show discussion about television by EBN (08:04); "Dance Party 163," a puppet and stuffed animal dance party by TIFF (10:53); spotlight on local artist Ryan Rooney by Heather Sylvester, music by The Catastrophic (18:21); a music video for "Liar" by the PolyPlush cats 21:09).
Contents include two episodes of TV220 with a variety of video art including parodies of ads and movie trailers ("Fanny" - 0:08:08), psychedelic segments, collages of billboards, flags, and signage, multiple music videos, documentation of a drum performance suspended in the air (0:44:54), a hand-drawn Super 8 short with audio from the movie "Titanic" as soundtrack (0:50:26), scratch on film pieces, and multiple animation clips including "The See-Thru Rendezvous" (1:32:54)
Contents include "Propaganda," animations by James and Heather Sylvester, music by Heather Sylvester, with text that reads "welcome friends…to the new millennium. we're all still here, aren't we?" (0:26); "Explosion on Land" by Dana Neugent (2:05); "Beer Commercial with Terry Crandall," video by Dana Neugent and music by Amy Z., featuring a gravity-defying beer (2:09); "Cooking with Control" by Luisa Marisy, a mock cooking show (2:28); footage of Timothy North suspended in the air and playing drums by Michael Asbill and Scot Jenerik (7:06); "Titanic" by Ben Koonley, a film that uses audio from the movie Titanic and plays it over abstract animations and video footage (12:39); "A Submarine Dream pt. 1" a film about desire by Amy Z. (19:19); "Six Finger Satellite 'Parlour Games,'" a silent action film directed by Guy Benoit; Mike Chan's "Geometric Marionette," a performance from Perishable Theatre (23:51).
Contents include "Run Brownie Run" by Toilet Paper Productions, a film about a person who loses a bag of items and runs through the city to find it (0:21); "Bird Animation," video art by Heather Sylvester (4:00); "Cruzando La Puerta," an art film by Luisa Marisy featuring family photos and scenes of everyday domestic life (7:05); "Terry Crandall Pops Up," a brief skit by Dana Neugent (13:26); "Not Pop Music Video" by Mr. Slugg (14:03); "Ryder was a Homeschooler: the Early Long Life of Djuna Barnes," a black and white art film by Xander Marro (17:30); closing credits animation by Jason Macierowski (25:00).
Contents include a mock advertisement for jumbo size Stouffer's (0:35); footage of Patrick Murphy performing "I Want You to Know" by Bo Carter (1:08); a mock advertisement for "Pho Pee," an odor-protectant diaper (3:45); footage of Gerard and Joseph Heroux, a father and his toddler son, playing trumpet and drums (4:21); footage of Leigh-Ann Rainey singer performing "Emotions" by Brenda Lee (4:56); more footage of Gerard and Joseph Heroux (7:38); an audio recording that is purportedly from an alien notifying humans that they are being watched and are not alone in the universe (8:08); Patrick Murphy performing "Walking Blues" by Robert Johnson (9:21); a description of AS220 and its facilities, which included 24 artist's studios (13:01); an interview with Umberto Crenca about AS220 (14:50); an interview with Jeannine Charter, director of Very Special Arts Rhode Island, an arts organization for diabled youth, and their collaboration with AS220 through the School-to-Studio Youth Arts Conference, as well as footage of the conference and interviews of other contributors (17:15); a mock advertisement for Liquid Plumr (26:53).
Contents include "Armature Animation," video art & music by Heather Sylvester (0:41); "The Bunny Movie" by Xander Marro, an animated puppet film in which a child who's lost his mother receives a chocolate bunny in the mail (2:45); "Woods Animation," video art & music by Heather Sylvester (19:12); "The Human Hassock," a mock TV ad by Dana Neugent (20:17); footage of "The Bread & Puppet Parade" by Spice & John (21:26); "Chinese Checkers," a film by Xander Marro showing a sped-up game of Chinese checkers with techno music by Amy Z. (22:24); "Quee Duh Quee," a goofy introduction by Dana Neugent (28:48).
Contents include "After Effects Demonstration" by Frank Bisogno (1:04); "Crappy's Sewer & Cesspool Co.," a recurring skit by Richard Goulis (4:00); "John's New Clock," a film by Jon Fifer about a man who keeps destroying his alarm clocks (4:37); "Terry Crandall's Guest Intro" by Dana Neugent (8:25); "Voknine & Amy Z.," warped video footage of a live musical performance, shot by TIFF (9:37); "Doorway to Damian," video art by Heather Sylvester (13:27); "The Nightly News with Alphonso Crandall" by Dana Neugent (14:37); "Spin My Wheels" by David Bauerle, a short film about waiting for a lover to return from a trip (18:37); "The Brownie Blaire Witch Project" by TIFF, a skit about searching for a lost troop of Girl Scouts converted to witchcraft (22:20); "Mandala," graphics by Mark Marinello.
Contents include "Charades" (0:25) a series of short video art films by Ed de Boo, including "Amerikon Poets" (1:54), "Theatre of Self" (7:52), and "The Peace of Jesus (15:00). Contents also include "Toilet Paper Productions," video footage of the band A440 recording in studio at WRIU (23:19).
Contents include "Looking for Summer" by Dennis Hlynsky, a short film in several parts including: "Motel to Lamentable" feat. a twin festival in Twinsburg, Ohio (0:21); "Bonfire" feat. footage of a bonfire and fireworks show celebrating the Fourth of July (7:22); "I can't believe it's butter!" feat. the creation of butter sculptures (16:45). Contents also include "Channel No. 2" by Neil Forman, a film of psychedelic animations and an eerie soundtrack (4:44); "Traffic in memory" by Vanessa Bilbert and Jeremy Woodward, a display of paper structures lit from within at the Convergence Festival in Downtown Providence (17:44); and footage of "the Tucker-Kieth Wedding" (24:19).
Contents include "Momentum," a series of interviews interspersed by short silent films by Sascha Paladino about the subject of growing up, including "The End of Childhood" (1:36), "The Man who Put His Fear in a Bottle" (4:10), "Liplock" (9:04), "Summer House" (11:53), "When Parents Dance" (19:47); footage of wrestling performance art (25:09).
Contents include footage of The Pork Chop Lounge, in which participants perform songs, poetry, and skits in open mic style (0:00); a short black and white film called "Little Ditty Edit" featuring found footage of a Western and original noize by zin (25:51).