Public X Access

ExTV presents: Public X Access, is a one-hour, streamed public access variety show featuring the work, thoughts, lessons and words of SAIC’s black community. Through this event, ExTV would like to use its virtual platform to showcase public submissions/proposals from the community including video/film work, performances, readings. This program is intended to showcase creative work with the spirit and community based power of public access television in mind.   Broadcasted on Twitch, Public X Access will speak to the legacy of the public access broadcasting tradition that seeks to provide community based, run, and programmed television stations in the face of network television, privately owned stations. Historically, public access has been an avenue for broadcasting community grassroots activism, experimentations in film and video, and simply just a space for a given public to use the televisual medium as an accessible communication […]

ExFest Call for Submissions: Extended Deadline

Here at ExTV, we are ahead of the game! Just for you all, we are already making the necessary preparations to ensure that ExFEST 2021 is our best year yet. Of course, this is what we say every year because it’s true. Thanks to all of you, every year we see more students participating which means we are getting more submissions and student attendance at ExFEST. So to summarize, we’re officially accepting submissions for ExFEST 2021! ExFEST is ExTV’s annual film festival made by students for students. Open to all forms of video art, our film festival allows students to compete for a chance to showcase their best work in front of a ExTV-selected jury, win festival awards, and have fun! This will be our 16th year running, and we’re excited to see what’s in store. Each year, ExFEST occurs […]

ExTV Presents: Monthly Artist Spotlight (April/May)

We’d like to introduce the April/May participant in our monthly program that highlights the work of a student artist every month and seeks to create a larger conversation and sense of community through featuring their work/practice. This program has three components: an online program of a selection of the artist’s works (accessible above), a highlighted presence of the artist across ExTV’s social media, and a live conversation/ Q&A with the artist to round off the feature.

ExTV Presents: Monthly Student Artist Spotlight (March)

We’d like to introduce the March participant in our monthly artist spotlight program that highlights the work of a student artist every month and seeks to create a larger conversation and sense of community through featuring their work/practice. This program has three components: an online program of a selection of the artist’s works (accessible above), a highlighted presence of the artist across ExTV’s social media, and a live conversation/ Q&A with the artist to round off the month. 

Join us on Zoom on March 31st from 5:00-6:00 CST for our conversation with Clark about their practice and check out a program of their work here.

PolyPlay 2021 Event Information

PolyPlay 2021 invites you to game with us! Tune into ExTV’s twitch for a night of animation and experimental video games run throughs. Watch or play along with the game downloads in our description! Click for more details!