We are TV: January 2004 Archives
The gorgeous movie Winged Migration will be screened Monday, January 12th at the Warm Glow Vibe Zone. This is a beautiful film. I have seen it multiple times, and it moved me in different ways every viewing. It will be screened three times: 5pm, 8pm, and 11pm. The film is about 90 minutes, and will be followed by the approx. 60 minute making of feature which is also amazing. There will (most likely) be cokes available for 50 cents and maybe popcorn as well. Come enjoy these images which are such a brilliant example of what film and video can be.
There will be a showing on the new series The Apprentice at the Warm Glow Vibe Zone on Sunday, January 11th at 6pm. The Apprentice is a business reality show starring Donald Trump. Contestants will be competing in various business related challenges and each week someone will be fired by Mr. Trump. The winner gets a job as something like an Executive VP of one of Trump's many companies. The reviews for the show have been positive.
Also, being shown with The Apprentice will be an episode of MTV Cribs touring the house of Russell and Kimora Simmons, which is very impressive. Come on over, should be fun.
The space at 5802 N. Kerby Ave in Portland, Oregon, also known as my home, will now be called The Warm Glow Vibe Zone and used for showings of television and other video images deemed interesting, thought provoking, or extremely entertaining. The space is still a home, which works in building comfort in the viewer, but the purpose of these showings will be to try to create a new way for television to be viewed. The ideal would be to use the programs or images to try to learn about ourselves, human nature, art, our surroundings, the world, or anything else really. We will try to create a space where TV isn't just a time filler where you feel assaulted by invasive commercials or predictable programming.
The programs and images will be shown via DVD or recorded programming using a Digital Video Recorder (Replay TV) to weed out commercials or certain special times we will have the opportunity to watch live events (Super Bowl, Presidential Elections, etc.). We hope to add vitality to, or just highlight the existence vitality of television and other images by creating a venue of open minded intelligence and small simple changes to format(no commercials, possibility of discussion).
Keep your eye on this space for announcements and check the right sidebar for the next showing. There will be a dry run through tonight with a showing of Mr. Show Season 3.