TV220 May-June 2003

Contents include two episodes of TV220. The first episode (aired in May 2003) includes "Artists Rhode Island" a mock television talk show covering the art scene in Rhode Island, featuring an interview with and demonstration by a performance artist (00:07); a very short cartoon called "Martin's Life" by Adam Stanforth (09:17); "I'm thinking," video footage of a woman driving, visiting a cemetery, and discussing her love life (09:35); "The White Man" by Ed de Boo, footage of a man performing a song critiquing America, pollution, and war in front of the Textron building (11:50); a cartoon called "Welcome Friend" by Adam Stanforth (16:47); "CAT 9" a neon-filtered music video involving a large skein of yarn being dragged in front of cats (17:17); "Sunny Day," a claymation film (20:42); "Green Magic," footage of a woman dressed in green and playing with green teacups and flowers (21:43); "Girl of Color Plays Ball," footage of a girl bouncing a ball edited to appear as different colors (26:57); "Visions of Egypt," a short clip of a man walking through a desert (29:42). The second episode (aired in June 2003) includes part one of "Toilet Treatments" by Jay Critchley, a film about a colorblind saleswoman who stays in a septic tank bunker and co-hosts a television talk show about digestion and pooping (31:25); and a series of very short animations by Ed de Boo, including "The White Man's Gas," "The White Man's Country," "The Goddess and the White Man," and "The Inquisition," the last of which shows a white man being repeatedly asked by an off-camera voice "Are you a racist?" and responding in an increasingly belligerent manner (55:47).