Broadcast on June 8 at 11 pm, and repeated on Friday, June 13, at 1 am.

I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR (1996) (49:31) by Nan Goldin and Edmund Coulthard

This cross between a documentary and an autobiography profiles the life and work of New York photographer, Nan Goldin, whose recent exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art received critical and popular acclaim. Candid interviews with Nan's friends and ex-lovers are interspersed with Nan's photographs of daily life, parties, and moments of intimacy, creating both a self-portrait and a family album. Goldin's camera functions as a mirror which captures the transition of an era, from the 1970s to the 1980s, from the glamour of self-abuse to the grim reality of disease and destruction. This film is a meditation on the medium of photography and the nature of memory, as well as a testament to the endurace of a community which is still being devastated by AIDS.

"Being suspicious of the traditional style of documentary film and photography in which the artist is outside looking in, we strived to make a document from the inside reaching out. Through tracing our specific lives, the film remains intensely personal yet speaks to the history of our generation."

Nan Goldin started photographing at age 16, and had her first exhibition of early black and white pictures of drag queens at the age of 19. In 1977, she earned a B.F.A./B.A. from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. Ms. Goldin's life and community of the late 1970s became the focus of her work for the next 15 years -- a visual diary of friends and lovers, in the underground and gay scene. Ms. Goldin's most recent and one of her most important solo exhibitions, I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR, was a mid-career retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, which opened in October, 1996 and received critical and popular acclaim. Ms. Goldin currently resides in New York City.

TOKEN CITY (1997) (3:51)
by Muriel Magenta and Michael Udow

The subway becomes the site for this computer animated experience which transforms an everyday commute into a series of images and sounds that simulate reality in an extraordinary environment.

"...I always used the subway as a place to sort of think and get my system together as the subway system seemed to unfold itself. So I was very aware of the subway as a place, as a site, as an institution in my life..."

A native of New York City, Muriel Magenta is a "new genre" artist working in computer imaging, video and sculpture. Ms. Magenta's objective is to create a visual experience in an actual space, and then transmit it over electronic networks into virtual environments. In TOKEN CITY, she is pursuing this approach to creative research. Ms. Magenta's video works have been screened throughout North America and Europe. Ms. Magenta is currently a Professor of Art at Arizona State University, teaching graduate and undergraduate studio courses involving new media concepts.

Dr. Michael W. Udow is a percussionist, composer and educator. In addition to collaborating with visual artist Murial Magenta on the 3-D animated piece, TOKEN CITY, Udow has composed over 60 pieces of published works, including two operas. Dr. Udow resides in Dexter, Michigan.