Video Potlucks

Focus on Fun and Feedback

Lasagne, enchiladas, salads, crepes. . Potlucks offer a wide variety of homemade specialties In a fi-ieudlly, festive atmosphere.

Sampling this smorgasbord of culinary delights can be a tasty treat-but it's not everything. The pride taken in the dish you bring, the exchange of recipes, or the simple nature of sharing can be equally satisfying.

Consider the videomaker. Most of us are accumulating extensive video libraries which no one else has the opportunity to appreciate.

Things are changing. Enter the "video potluck."

Soup to Nuts:

A video potluck is a gathering ofvideomakers for the dual purpose of sharing the craft and having fun-the perfect opportunity to display your video talents, meet people with similar Interests, or simply to share slices of life with good friends.

You'll discover there's more to be gained from a collective debut than merely keeping the dust off your videomaking investments. The video potluck is freedom of expression in all its glory.

This exhibition of modem-day folk art opens a new channel for video hobbyists eager to experiment and anxious for feedback. As art feeds on art, the blending of fresh concepts and resources generates creativity at every level of production.

Our personal style is like a fingerprint, an exclusive trademark, and even though we may perceive it as "off the wall" or "weird," it's our own. It's reassuring to know there are other videomakers doing theft own thing, too.

Videoheads aren't the only ones to benefit from this type of potluck. It's a great way to hook friends on the video movement!

As with any social trend, peers make the most likely converts. People survive through shared interests in every culture, from food to fashion, politics to religion, even hobbies and habits. Our friends and neighbors influence our lives and make us who we are. So bring a friend.