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Santa Cruz Community Service TelevisionJohnny Videotape and Friends465 Ninth Ave.Santa Cruz, Calif.

Eldridge CleaverBlack Panther Party-International Sect .B . P . 118 Grande PosteAlgeria

May Day "Collective"May Day Video Center-Antioch CollegeAlan Kaplan and RobertoOld North RoadColumbia, Md . 21043

orSource Coalition2115 S Street N WWashington. D.C. 20008

a non-profit corporation "beingcreated to produce television videotape inSanta Cruz for the purpose of intra-community communication ." (see RadicalSoftware #3 for "Community Video : AWorking Model") ; also below,"Information to the Disenfranchised."

see letter below; (address to left is notmailing address) .

Some of the video groups who gathered inD.C. to videotape May Day events formed a"Collective" to edit the tapes at theVideofreex loft in NYC. Below are twostatements generated by problems whicharose over the tape's distribution.

Experimental VideoEdin Velez

. 797 J.B. Acevedo StreetRio Piedras. Puerto Rico 00923

at Westbeth itself to all residents within thecomplex. See below for description ,ofproject.

a newly organized video groupcomposed of Puerto Rican video and audioartists, currently setting up a loft gallery inwhich they will have showings featuringdifferent video groups and artists from theU.S. and Europe as well as their own tapesand live rock music. Their tapes will be"both pure art and social videodocumentaries on different life styles o1groups living in Puerto Rico ranging from a"Commune on a Sailboat" to "Living in a

Slum."

a video cooperative project workingto expand educational concepts, andworking within a broader basedorganization called Communiversity, also inCambridge . See below for description oftheir coals and objectives.

Earth Light26 Austin St.Cambridge, Mass .

. . . this will begin in Sept. 1971 oncampus. Plans will include an on campusmultimedia Laboratory, media experienceexperiments, and sponsorship of a CMR-CUNY student Communications network

and video exchange system .

Center for Movement ResearchDept. of SociologyQueens CollegeFlushing, N .Y . 11367

James FogoUniv. of Texas Union Program Office .Room 342Austin, Texas 78712

. . . trying to get a video group started oncampus . ""We understand about thepotential of free exchange programs forprograms but need programs immediatelywhich will convince certain groups withinour community of the 'use value' of videowhereby funding and grant possibilitiesmight be opened up."

We must enlist the aid of "present artistsand resident shaman to put together aprogram which will enlighten a greaterrange of our brothers and sisters to thepotential utilization of video in theextension of information and the greaterutilization of conceptual ability we must allbegin to share if we are going to conceiveof social transformation beyond the onedimensional state .

union

a newly formed group whose "goal isto involve the community in originating Itsown programming which in turn would beshown in video theatres or over CATVsystems established within the

community . —

. . a partially funded research andaction group consisting of urban planningstudents who are exploring uses of

1/2"tapeandcable for effecting societalchange, building participatory integrativeguidance systems, and simulatingalternative futures . Interested in forminglinkages with other planning groups andanyone else ."

Community VideoMike Cottons2515 Q Street NWWashington. D .C . 20007

UrbanvideoMark Hinshaw405 East 56th St .New York, N .Y . 10021

KailasaJon Shafer1510 E . 23rd St.Minneapolis, Minn . 55404

a new alternate video group workingin the Twin Cities for the last six months ."The group's originators have introducedportable 1/4" to free schools, a pre-school,and university programs as well as helpingcommunity groups, such as a religiousconsortium, a street academy, and a ModelCity project, to utilize 1/4" video for theirown needs . As soon as we obtain our ownhardware we shall begin to produce tapesand be glad to exchange . . . "We alsoaim to actualize, by education anddemonstration, the potential for citizenvideo origination end common carrier use ofcable systems . . . to increase relevanceof information and mass access totelevision . . ." See Education section for

description of City Hill Project .

Tedwilliam Theodore712 West WavelandChicago, Ill. 60613

"I wonder if there might be the possibilityof collaboration with others whoseinterests in video tape matches my own . Ihave been using video tape in communityand school based programs for children andin projects of community organization and

action ."

. . . has produced one educationalvideotape-a debate between JessieLemish and Robert Berkhoffer . "I will alsobe doing a tape at Joliet prison where 90%

Stephen HaliczerNorthern Illinois UniversityDept. of HistoryDeKalb, 111. 60115

. . . an artists' housing complex whichthrough a closed-circuit cable system isprogramming materials gathered from localNY groups as well as materials originated

Video Community at WestbethAnn Douglass, Al Katzman463 West StreetNew York, N.Y .

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INFORMATION TO THE DISENFRANCHISED

A PROCESS APPROACH

For several years, the county anti-poverty program has been run by the countysupervisors acting through the Community Action Board (CAB) . This is in conflictwith the federal Office of Economic Opportunity desire to see the poor people directlyrunning the programs and determining priorities for the use of federal funds .Consequently, the Santa Cruz Community Action Board has been involved in a majorrestructuring effort.

Elections were held to elect poor people to the Community Action Board so that theagency could respond directly to the needs of the county poor . It has been suggestedthat if a fair election was held maximizing attempts at getting the county's poor toparticipate, then the county supervisors would return control of the anti-povertyprograms to the CAB .

Polling places were created in various places in the county and the local news media

was employed to get election information to eligible voters. One had to be at least 18years of age and meet low income guidelines but need not be a registered voter . About$3,000 was spent to ensure that election information reached the area poor. Thepooling took place on Sunday & Monday-i.e . 16 & 17 May. Sunday four people votedat the Santa Cruz Area Service Center and other polling places had about the sameresponse. Normal information channels appeared to be ineffectual .

On Saturday, I made myself and low-cost portable t .v. equipment available to all thecandidates who wished to represent the poor on the Community Action Board . Each .candidate was interviewed and asked to state what he hoped to do for the low-incomepeople if elected. How do you reach low income people with information that has adirect bearing on their future well-being?

This process made the people there aware that an election was in process that couldaffect their future . They also were able to meet their potential representatives .

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of the inmates are black . . . and amworking on an article entitled 'HigherEducation in the age of theCommunications, Revolution .' It might beinteresting to work out some way ofpresenting this an video tape"

Video ExchangeDavid Schiller, Michael Temmer500 La Guardia Place

New York. N .Y . 10012

. . . videotape recording unit, primarily fobdancers. See below .

Mitsuru Kataoka. Assn't ProfessorConcord Video Systems LabDickson Art CenterUniv. of CaliforniaLos Angeles. Calf. 90024

A Space85 St. Nicholas St.Toronto, Ontario

a non-profit corporation whose mainconcern is the organization andprogramming of a large gallery space . Seebelow. (Also see Canada section for more

people from Toronto.)

Scott HelmesMinneapolis Institute of Arts201 East 24th St.Minneapolis, Minn . 56404

. . . did work two years ago at theUniversity of Minnesota to get studentprogramming shown through the universityCCTV system . Interested in thetransformation of the present educationalsystem and working out tape exchangeswith other universities. (People in the area,

get In touch .)

Gandja Films GroupCIRCA and Jose-Maria Mondelo5 Rue Pierre Fatio1200 Geneve Suisse

a group of underground cinema inand 16mm. "We are studyingthepossibility of creating a group of alternativetelevision in Geneve,Switzerland . . . Please send our letter toRaindance,

Global

Village, Videofreex .

Japanese-American sculptor who hasbeenusing American Sony equipment. See letterbelow, as well as "Project for a Communityinformation and Communications Dome."

TajiriCastle Scheres

Baarlo (Limburg) Nederland

. . . have been doing extensiveprogramming which is shown to YellowSprings community and soon Great LakesColleges . . . been using both studio and

1/4"equipment. Contact themforcomplete tape Noting and possibilities of exchange.

Jeff Marsh and Bob DevineAntioch CollegeYellow Springs, Ohio

Big Basin Ranch Art InstituteSusan Wilkinson1200 Big Basin Way

Boulder Creek . Calif. 95006

. . . will be opening a graphics workshopSummer '72 and plan to offer videographics experience . . . "Where can weget used portable videoequipment? . . . A couple of us are in theprocess of building a small video-camera-where could we find a vidicontube?" ( . . . If you're in the area, get intouch with them.)

J O MallanderVillagatan 12

Helsinki 15 Finland

Takahiko Iimura4-50-4 Yamato-choNakano-kuTokyo, Japan

Monte Cazazza5422 Shatter Ave. Apt . #22Oakland, Calif . 94618

trying to get together a video group inFinland . Does not have Americanequipment . He's Intouch with Tajiri

Has made 10 pieces in VT ; more than 6hours but no places in Tokyo for showing .Could be a Japanese correspondent . Seebelow.

"There is no privacy left for the commonperson so let us not leave the bosses anyprivacy either ." Has some access toequipment through a local college but notenough. Contact him if you can help out.

Has Sony AV 3400; needs more tape,resources, west coast contacts.

Bobby SteinbrecherEmerald Enterprises Rm. 414795 Willmette St.

Eugene. Oregon 97401

Resolution-Video for HireJay and Tia Odell818 HayesSan Francisco, Calif .

Dan Grahamno known address

Ghost DanceMarty Parkingmeter1591 Cambridge St .Cambridge. Mass. 02138

Ant FarmSausalito Gate 5 RoadSausalito Calif. 94965

. . . video rovers. See "Lineal Memory"below .

Video Free America1948 Fell St.Sam Francisco, Calif . 94117

This summer at the Berkeley Art Museumthey are coordinating videotape showings .

Mirror Productions665 ManzanitaFelton, Calif. 95018

. . we do videotape pieces about oldpeople, rhythm bands and bluegrass localtalent and we are justbeginning . . . regards to TomDeWitt...

Video/CinematographyDuke A. Hayduk

140 Los Gatos HighwaySanta Cruz, Calif. 9506D

Eds. note : don't know what they're intobut they've written to us and haveequipment.

Outside of Surplus Foods was a mobile voting truck where they could vote uponleaving while the information was fresh in their minds .

Monday morning, I took my videotape recorder and a large t .v. set to Surplus Foodswhere low income people must sit and wait to receive their monthly allocations . Thet.v. "program" was played over and over again .

Since over 50% of the entire county votes came from Surplus Foods on Monday, onecould conclude that this new closed-circuit t .v . approach to information distributionwas a success .

The results of this experiment have implications for the future in terms of gettingneeded information to the economic disenfranchised. One reason the anti-povertyprograms have not been more successful is lack of getting out the information onresources available to the poor and how to take advantage of them . For a very low cost,

t .v. "programs" in say 10-15 minute packages could be shown in places where the poorare forced to sit in limbo for extended periods of time . I'm thinking of such places asSocial Welfare, Surplus Foods, Unemployment, and medical clinics . The medium oft .v. is much better suited for information exchange with the poor as in many casesthey are kept disenfranchised due to lack of literacy . Information packages could relayinformation on re-training, tenants rights, food and child care services or even how toorganize to solve their own problems . The goal of the anti-poverty program is toeliminate poverty through self-help. Video information feedback systems couldaccelerate this process .

If you have any ideas or resources that could be utilized in any project to increasecommunity awareness by means of video (t .v .) tape, contact JOHNNYVIDEOTAPE . . . (alias Allan Frederiksen at 408 476-0657)

The implications for electronic radicalizing/activizing the poor would make Marcusesmile.