Welcome To OffLine: OffLine opens with a diverse array of recent experimental works including Convention Cut-Up, a humorous look at the 1992 presidential election campaign; Sivad, an avant, free-form video dance combining abstract images with music; Generation X and Viva Las Vegas by Bill Davis; and a selection of computer videos by artist Mary Flanagan. This week's featured artist is sculptor Josh Owen, from Ithaca, New York. In addition, the Cornell Cinema segment of the episode presents Trinity, the first of its George Kuchar video diaries.

Computers: This week's focus is on computers and art. The featured artist is Stan Bowman, photographer and computer artist at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. What Became Of The Monk is a computer animation by Tom Ross utilizing hand-drawn images of animals that transform one into another. Also, catch Tom's 4 Eyes and 4 Eyes 3D, 2D and 3D experimental animations of the same image and Back Mask, a music video from the San Francisco band Alien Farm. Tonight's Cornell Cinema segment features the first part of a series of pieces by Peter Greenaway called TV Dante, based on The Inferno.

Nonsense: An exploration into the world of nonsense with an off-beat look at Milwaukee graphic artist Michael DiMilo as he reads from his book Seven Nonsense Poems. Catch a variety of shorts works covering everything from screaming heads to smashing fruit. Surely, a nonsensical time for all. Cornell Cinema presents George Kuchar's The Deafening Goo.

Ghosts: This week's featured artist is Malachi and The Mass Resists, a performance art troupe whose use of costumes, props, and audience interaction has been called "frighteningly beautiful". Ulao is a John Reimer film shot at a site famous for being an environment of the paranormal. Simulation, by the band Whose Family, uses nighttime imagery to create an eerie, spirit-like environment. Spider Dance by Paul Belodeau follows an arachnid's steps. Tonight on the Cornell Cinema segment: TV Dante, part two.

Eco: A return to nature with such works as Nightflower and Flora, both of which use image processing to alter one's conception of flowers. Tune in also for an interview with the Second Hand Dance Company from Binghamton, New York, featuring their performance at the Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival in Trumansburg. Don't miss this exiting, up-and-coming groupŒs talk with OffLine. Land/Architecture/Body is an artistic document detailing an architecture project involving the use of sculptures in various outdoor environments. Parking Lot is an ongoing project using film and video footage of a parking lot collected and changed over a period of several years. This video erodes one's sense of familiarity with a mundane environment. George Kuchar's Isleton is featured in tonight's Cornell Cinema Presents segment.

On The Road: OffLine goes on the road in search of independent works from around the country. Union Center Inheritance comes to us from Iowa. I'm Talkin' To You, from Wisconsin, is a series of video letters between the producer and her friends on a variety of life-affecting topics such as racism and religion. OffLine stops off in California for an interview with the band Alien Farm, and features their videos Slip and Hypnagog. The Cornell Cinema segment presents part three of TV Dante

The Dark Side: These works explore the darker side of human existence, from institutionalized oppression of females in Threshold 2, to the vicious circle of drugs and death in Plata Royale. War Tax is a music video with collaged images of military technology. Generation 13, by Amy Lisewski, is museum-like trip through the culture of this country's thirteenth generation. This week's featured artist is film and video maker Tom Williams, known for his use of a variety of media and his psychedelic style.

Music: Music videos are the fare of the evening, featuring independently produced films and videos from the Ithaca area including: local band Blindman's Holiday; Nuclear Crap, a rap song focusing on the issue of putting a hazardous waste dump in upstate New York; Love Dance of the Gypsy Woman, a flashy Dee-Lite-like dance video; and Peter Nesbitt's untitled animated and drawn-on film done to jazz music. This week's artist feature catches Ithaca's avant-garde composer David Borden in a live performance collaboration with Canadian scratch-film artist Pierre Hebert and talks with Borden about his work. Listen to Borden as he discusses his experiences with such notable music pioneers as Steve Reich, Philip Glass and John Cage. Also, catch part four of Peter Greenaway's TV Dante.

Winter: Cornell Cinema presents Crisis at Cornell, a film about African American student's takeover of Willard Straight Hall at Cornell University in reaction to civil rights problems on campus. The final part of the art project Land/Architecture/Body is presented along with Red Squad, a video made in reaction to the Persian Gulf War. In this video, images of war, politicians, business news tickers and other graphics are juxtaposed over a studio performance. Ice prepares us for the winter ahead as it blends the sights of winter into a beautiful collage.