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.

Public X Access Program Information

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. Click for more details on today’s program!

Call for Submissions: Public X Access

ExTV presents: Public X Access, 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 but not limited to video/film work, performances, readings, conversations, presentations, interviews, flash lessons, etc.

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!

Alphabet Soup Screening & Panel

ExTV presents: Alphabet Soup. LBGT, LGBTQIA+, Queer, deviant; the community uses lots of terms to describe themselves. This screening is for video work that centers around the LGBTQIA+ experience. This screening is in collaboration with the LGBTQ Intergenerational Dialogue Project, organized by The Senior Services Program at The Center on Halsted and SAIC faculty members Adam Greteman and Karen Morris. This project brings together LGBTQ-identified students and elders, providing a rare opportunity for dialogue across queer generations. After the digital screening we’ll hold a panel of elders and student artists. 

TIME TO SEE 2020

In collaboration with the School of Art Institute’s Performance Department, put on by members of the department, ExTV is hosting the online screening festival program, TIME TO SEE 2020, for viewing on our website. TIME TO SEE 2020 was an annual one-off festival of video performances that highlights and challenges our perception of visibility. Co-curated by Takahiro Yamamoto and Jordan Knecht, the festival features new work by artists Alexis Aguilar, Jovana Crnomarkovic, Malena Joy Lopez, Syd Layne Davis, Zhe Li, Keny Sánchez, Juelin Wang and Sofia Wehrle. The festival originally screened from December 11- 25, 2020.

ExTV Presents: Monthly Student Artist Spotlight (November/December)

We’d like to introduce the second participant in our new 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 month. This month’s artist will be featured until the end of the Fall semester.

Join us on Zoom on December 10th from 4:30-5:30 CST for our conversation with Zoe about her practice.