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Michael Kuetemeyer

Michael Kuetemeyer is an active producer and teacher of experimental and documentary media. He is a founding member and current co-director of Termite TV Collective which recently completed the Living Documentary production/distribution tour across the USA. He received a Fulbright Scholar Award in 1998 to teach media production at universities and media art centers in India.

His new media works include the interactive video installation, Evolving Audience, which has been exhibited at the 2000 & 2001 Philadelphia Fringe Festivals as well as numerous universities and media art centers across the country. Having an interest in exploring earth sciences through a blend of video and digital media, he produced an extensive interactive CD-ROM about the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. His documentary and experimental work includes Kamaka 'eha (aching eye), a poetic document of the land of Hawai'i and the native Hawaiian struggle for sovereignty.

Apart from creating his own work, he has taught non-linear editing, video production and multimedia at Temple University, University of the Arts, Dubai Television in the United Arab Emirates as part of the U.S. Specialist Exchange Program as well as Scribe Video Center in Philadelphia. His video work has screened at museums and festivals across the USA including the Museum of Modern Art-NY, the Museum of Television and Radio and the Dallas Video Festival. www.termite.org.

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Michael Kuetemeyer is a producer and teacher of experimental and documentary media, a founding co-director of Termite TV Collective and a 1998 Fulbright Scholar who taught media production in India. His work includes the interactive installation Evolving Audience, shown at the 2000 & 2001 Philadelphia Fringe Festivals, and an interactive CD-ROM about the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. His documentary Kamaka 'eha (aching eye) addresses the land of Hawai'i and native Hawaiian sovereignty; he has taught non-linear editing, video production and multimedia and his videos have screened at US museums and festivals; www.termite.org.

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