
Portapak Memories #1
Portapak Memories #1 - Remastered and digitized from original 1970s small format analog videotapes shot on the revolutionary Sony Portapak. Down in the Dumps: A short story of a city-couple buying land, sight-unseen, in the country. The land turns out to be the local dump, where they build a makeshift house while enduing the trash and dumping around them. Featuring Kathy Butterfield and David Rosenblum. Interior scenes directed by Jane Traum. Includes re-scanned and manipulated slow motion and fast motion effects. 1975 - 14:20 min. b&w 1/2” EIAJ analog video. Zak and Pong: Early video with images of videomaker's son Zachary's face superimposed on a video-game (Pong) while being manipulated with a keyer to experiment with real-time overlays. 1976 - 08:47 min. b&w 1/2” EIAJ analog video. A Small Self Portrait: The videomaker alone in his studio nearing his 35th birthday while his father was recently diagnosed as being terminally ill. Reflecting on his birthday, upcoming marri