Artists' Television Access

Author: Gilbert Guerrero

  • DANCING IN THE STREET: DANCE DOWN DONALD’S DEFEAT!

    Presented by Other Cinema
    PLAGUE-TIME PLAY-TIME II

    On Thursday November 5th, ATA Gallery’s Other Cinema pop ups on car-free Valencia street with the second of its Plague-Time Play-Time screenings. On tap is a feature-length 16mm program of musical films, mostly from the 60s and 70s, curated around the theme…. Dancing in the Streets

    The archival material, spliced together in a non-stop compilation, is guaranteed to warm the hearts of even the most discouraged pandemic survivor. And, despite the masks, the party’sfun will be especially out in force because of the defeat of Donald Trump just 36 hours earlier!!

    Free champagne and other frothy beverages will start flowing at the 6:30 PM reception, and will continue throughout the 7:00-8:30 program. A space will be provided for bicycle and scooter parking. Among the rock n’ rolling reels will be performances by the Jackson Five, Ray Charles, the Pretenders, Spike Jones, the Grateful Dead, the Animals, and Josie and the Pussycats, and many othersuperstars, the whole to be hosted by none other than… Liberace!

    http://othercinema.com

  • Artists’ Television (ATV) airing on Channel 29

    So I popped open a Diet Pepsi, and I said to myself, Is that all there is to the Greenhouse Effect? Is that all there is? If that’s all there is my friends, let’s keep dancing.

    Videos from the Artists’ Television (ATV) archive broadcast every Thursday at 7:00 PM (Pacific) on BAVC SF Commons Public Access Television Channel 29 in San Francisco. Watch ATV on air on cable channel 29 or view the livestream:

    http://bavc.cablecast.tv/CablecastPublicSite/watch/1

    Or, watch this episode of ATV on-demand. More episodes are on the Channel 29 schedule.

    Artists’ Television (ATV) was a San Francisco based cable access show that ran from 1988 through 2011. Over 800 episodes were created and produced by the volunteer staff at Artists’ Television Access, an art and performance space located in San Francisco’s mission district. ATV was comprised of mainly shorts video pieces that screened, were created, or found at ATA. A wide variety of local, national and international visual artists have had their work screened on the show. The show was curated by Phil Patiris in the late 80’s early 90’s, Carolyn Cooley in the mid 90’s, Sadie Shaw and Greg Pope in the late 90’s and Dayv Jones and Kent Howie in the 2000’s.

  • Artists’ Television (ATV) airing on Channel 29

    This episode features 5 Cents a Peek by Vanessa Woods, 16mm b&w film, (2007). Preceded by Tomorrow Television by U.S. Army (1945)

    Videos from the Artists’ Television (ATV) archive broadcast every Thursday at 7:00 PM (Pacific) on BAVC SF Commons Public Access Television Channel 29 in San Francisco. Watch ATV on air on cable channel 29 or view the livestream:

    http://bavc.cablecast.tv/CablecastPublicSite/watch/1

    Or watch this episode of ATV on-demand. More episodes are on the Channel 29 schedule.

    Artists’ Television (ATV) was a San Francisco based cable access show that ran from 1988 through 2011. Over 800 episodes were created and produced by the volunteer staff at Artists’ Television Access, an art and performance space located in San Francisco’s mission district. ATV was comprised of mainly shorts video pieces that screened, were created, or found at ATA. A wide variety of local, national and international visual artists have had their work screened on the show. The show was curated by Phil Patiris in the late 80’s early 90’s, Carolyn Cooley in the mid 90’s, Sadie Shaw and Greg Pope in the late 90’s and Dayv Jones and Kent Howie in the 2000’s.