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On January 26, 1973, the Videofreex’s installment of Lanesville TV (Channel 3) consists of an interview with a follower of the Divine Light Mission, a semi-religious organization lead at the time by then-17-year-old Guru Maharaj Ji.
Collection: Videofreex Archive, Single Titles Tags: interview, television
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St. Marks: New Years Eve combines political commentary with non-narrative segments that celebrate the medium of video. The video’s tonal climax occurs at its beginning, in which a large crowd gathers at a live music event and stands to...
Collection: Videofreex Archive, Single Titles Tags: media analysis, politics
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Electric Yogurt documents different modes of childlike play, beginning with footage of a group of people dancing together with arms outstretched against a background of growling, cooing, and coughing. As the dancing continues, the...
Collection: Videofreex Archive, Single Titles Tags: image processing
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In a conversation with one of the Hells Angels at a party the motorcycle gang has thrown in Manhattan, the interviewee introduces “Kenny, from the Videofreex” to his friends, commenting (presumably explaining the Videofreex project): “like low...
Collection: Videofreex Archive Tags: culture jamming, interview, politics
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In October 1969, the Videofreex visited the home of wealthy political and social activist, Lucy Montgomery, as she was hosting the Black Panther Party of Chicago during one of their most fraught times — the period just after Chairman Bobby Seale...
Collection: Videofreex Archive, Single Titles Tags: activism, documentation, interview, journalism, politics, television
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In October 1969, the Videofreex visited the home of wealthy political and social activist, Lucy Montgomery, as she was hosting the Black Panther Party of Chicago during one of their most fraught times – the period just after Chairman Bobby Seale...
Collection: Videofreex Archive Tags: activism, african-american, documentation, interview, journalism, politics, social justice, television
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Eerily drifting through soft fades, superimposed images, close-ups, and visual feedback, this tape follows less a narrative structure and more a stringing together of seemingly random activities, set against two very different soundtracks. The...
Collection: Videofreex Archive, Single Titles Tags: documentation, gender, labor
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“Trolling for news we call it,” says Bart Friedman a minute into this video, as he pushes down a road the Lanesville TV News Buggy – a baby carriage filled with video equipment, spilling over with wires. The buggy allows for easy transportation...
Collection: Videofreex Archive, Single Titles Tags: art collective, documentation, interview, television
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