ExTV – SAIC’s student-run time-arts broadcast platform

ExFest 2022 Winners Panel

Announcing the ExFest 2022 Winners Panel Featuring the Three Prize Winners and Two Honorable mentisons This year we are hosting our Second Annual ExFest Winners Panel, inviting the winners of the 2022 ExFest Juried Show to a panel discussion to discuss making video works, being a video artist, and anything and everything in between. Watch the full ExFest 2022 show here. Join ExTV and the ExFest winners for the panel discussion in MacLean Screening Room 1307 // @ 6pm
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PolyPlay 2023: Call for Submissions | EXTENDED DEADLINE

It’s happening again! PolyPlay 2023 is now open for submissions! This year we are doing things a little different, we’re opening submissions the semester before the event! PolyPlay is our annual interactive media showcase, a chance for those making time-based works that cross into the world of the interactive, and because of that, we want to have space for those creating these kinds of works to – create them! PolyPlay this next year is also not set in stone, meaning we want to receive your submissions first, so that we can stage the best show for the pieces that we receive, so exact location and presentation of the event is TBD. You can apply using the google form in the button below! Submitting is not limited per person, and is open to all students, alumni, faculty, and staff of SAIC! […]
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ExTV is Hiring – Production Manager

ExTV is hiring for a Production Manager! Are you passionate about video making or curating? Do you work well in a team? Below is the post for our production manager position! Check it our and apply via handshake (linked below). ExTV is a student-led organization at SAIC with a mission to provide exhibition opportunities for students, faculty and staff. ExTV is also here to help those who have a passion for the moving image to connect and inspire each other! Check us out: extvsaic.org. Must be available for job training spring and summer 2022 and commit to working through the next academic year. Job Title: ExTV Production Manager Reports to: Manager of Student Media and Training Location: MacLean Center, room 1401 Pay Rate: $15.40 per hour (does not require student-work-study) Hours Expectations: 10 hours/week (currently 5 in person, 5 remote) […]
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ExFest 2022 – Full Program

Watch the Full ExFest 2022 Program! ExFest Day 1 ExFest Day 2
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ExFest 2022: Winners Announcement

Thank you all who submitted, showed, and attended ExFest! This year ExFest had an amazing selection of student/alumni works, and the SAIC community came to support those artists in our 17th annual ExFest screening! This year we had the largest turnout of any of our latest screenings since the pandemic! This year we had a jury of faculty and staff at SAIC who watched every piece in the show, and determined their picks for our three ExFest Winners, all of whom get ExTV swag and the First prize winner gets a $40 prize to submit their work to any film festival of their choice! Without further ado here are the prize winners of this years ExFest! Honorable Mentions Transient Home Jiwon Ham 10 to the 64th Power Sobe Okoye 3rd Prize Winner Song of Love Rudolf Lingens 2nd Prize Winner […]
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Monitor Programming – Call for Submissions

Do you want to be featured on SAIC campus monitors? Or do you want to curate a small program for the monitors?
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What is ExTV?

Don’t let the TV portion of our name fool you. If you’ve seen video art playing on the campus monitors, that’s part of what we do! We are a small organization at SAIC managed by a team of students passionate about finding professional opportunities for students to exhibit their work. ExTV is here to help those who have a passion for the moving image to connect and inspire each other to create! Where can I show my work through ExTV?Here at ExTV, there are four main ways you can present your work. Monthly Campus Monitors: This is the most direct and immediate way you can get your work out in SAIC. These monitors can be found throughout all SAIC buildings, including the dorms, 24/7. Each month, there is a new installment of student works. This outlet is recommended for videos […]
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Selected Ambient Works – Vol. 0 : Campus Monitors April – May 2022

Selected Ambient Works – Vol. 0 This month the Campus Monitors will be screening works created specifically for the SAIC campus monitors, in a group screening titled Selected Ambient Works – Vol. 0. Nat Ware A Heap of Broken Images “What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow / Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, / You cannot say, or guess, for you know only / A heap of broken images, where the sun beats, / And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief, / And the dry stone no sound of water.” The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot Zihan Qiu Infinite River Description: In a world of infinite change, looking for an unchanging pivot point. When I watch the river, I find that the river is always changing but still remains its shape with time […]
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