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Eight years ago I walked into Charles Street Video (CSV) with a kernel of an idea about preserving home movies. I recall Greg Woodbury, CSV’s Operations Manager, swiveled on his chair as we mulled things over. Pam Baer, the programming … Read more

Forty-one years! Truth is, I can’t recall life without Charles Street Video. So much to celebrate! But first, even while remembering the pleasures of achievement and the times of joy, it’s important, before looking back, to acknowledge a recent challenge; … Read more

I first worked at Charles Street Video as a member, editing. (Video)tape was tape; film was film. We made such modernist distinctions then. The twain rarely met in Toronto’s low-budget, media artist milieu. I hired an on-line editor* to work … Read more

on the occasion of charles street video’s 41st anniversary I don’t know why my initial attachment to Charles Street Video was so immediate. So intense. Like a drug. Tiny little rooms in a basement on Charles Street East, filled with … Read more

Anima: ‘a current of air, wind, breath, the vital principle, life, soul’ Chuck is an Anima, but only one tiny pale pinprick of light in a firmament of Animas, working to change the world. Chuck doesn’t have a body, per … Read more