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 idding is a form of grassroots filmaking in which found footage, most frequently from television shows or moview, is edited to music. The resulting videos, known as "vids," or "songvids," comment on, critique or otherwise interpret the filmic source. One of the many arts to have emerged from Star Trek and media fandom, vidding is particularly notable as a form of filmmaking practiced almost exclusively by women. This program will trace the genealogy of vidding, beginning in 1975 and continuing today. We will see examples of different video schools and different genre of vids, exploring a range of vidding aesthetics and briefly discuss how those aesthetics have changed as vidding technology has moved from slides to VCRs to computers. Lastly, the program will show vidding to be a practice that celebrates a distinctly female way of seeing.
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