Dead Patterns 1975
"A commentary on the phenomena of death and dying." -Description from Portable Channel catalogue

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Homemade TV: Vasulkas II 1975
Description from Portable Channel catalog: "This Program is a unique broadcast presentation of the Vasulka's recent experiments with the electronic image. It is not "video on TV" but a "videobroadcast" direct from the Vasulkas' loft in Buffalo, New York." The broadcast does in fact feature 3 Vasulka projects in their entirety: The Matter, Soundgated Images, and C-Trend.

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Beyond the Mountains, More Mountains 1975
Collage video of Haiti, using experimental film techniques, field recording, and relevant texts.

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Homemade TV: The Electronic Image 1975    star_border 7
A broadcast presentation of Steina and Woody Vasulka's experiments with the electronic image. Featuring a 15-minute "jam session" of improvised video feedback art.

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The Physical Tape 1972
"Steve Kolpan, video artist, at exercise." -Description from Portable Channel catalogue

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Attica Interviews 1971
Portable Channel, a community documentary group in Rochester, New York, was one of the first small format video centers to have an ongoing relationship with a PBS affiliate (WXXI). Portapakers interviewed Sinclair Scott, a member of the negotiating team that went into Attica when the prisoners' rebelled at the federal prison in September 1971.

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