Videographist
by Steev Hise
a DVD collection of video
works from 2001 to 2004
description of pieces on the DVD:
Manifesto
A video call to arms, asserting the right of artists and other cultural workers to re-use culture, building new creative works from pre-existing ones Ð a practice becoming more and more marginalized by modern intellectual property regimes.
American Business
Adventures
Using the technique of video collage this piece tells the story of the connections between the oil industry and U.S. foreign policy.
Code Pink vs. Clearchannel
Coverage of a protest in Portland, Oregon against the FCC ruling of June 2003.
Chunkathalon 2002
A music video that briefly documents a yearly ritual of extreme Portland bicycle culture.
Nexus-6
A re-working of a Bush speech to reveal more accurate sentiments of his administration.
Companheiro Bush
A Tom ZŽ song set to video accompaniment, critiquing Bush the Lesser.
Cops of the World
A video for a modernized version of a Phil Ochs song, linking U.S. domestic police brutality to foreign policy brutalities.
A Million Dollars Later
A unique take on George W.
Bush's August 21, 2003, fundraising trip to the Pacific Northwest, this video
isn't just another document of another local protest. With a montage of video
and interviews from the Seattle and Portland Bush protests, this film
illustrates a brief but penetrating analysis of the Bush nightmare by William
Rivers Pitt. "A million dollars Later" also exposes a plan by the
Portland police to take vengeance on peace encampment activists. "A
Million Dollars Later" is not focused on what happened to a few white
radicals in Portland; it is a film about how fascism can happen here. And it's
a film about fighting back.
Aftermath of Octubre
A look at the September/October 2003 uprisings in Bolivia in response to neoliberal trade policies and other injustices, and the situation 2 months later when a Portland videographer visits.
Tax Day 2004
Coverage of the annual Tax Day action of Portland war tax resisters.
The Pitch
A humorous and unconventional look at the ubiquity of propaganda.