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Bio

Jim Ospenson lives in Medford Mass.  He received an MFA in Film and Video from Temple University, and studied film, philosophy and math as an undergrad at the University of Pennsylvania.

Ospenson was a founder of the Termite Television Collective (www.termite.org).  His work has screened nationally through Free Speech TV.  Additionally, his work has screened at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and New York's Museum of Modern Art.

After many years as a web designer, his current day job is in information technology for health & human services.

Artist's Statement

I've been trained as a documentary filmmaker and video artist, but have always thought of my work as experimental and critical. My basis in "documentary" underpins my respect for non-fiction, but I know there's no such thing as an unmediated image - and so it's all fiction.

I'm also attracted to appropriated imagery, and believe that if I see something in my travels through the media, then it's at risk to become material for my work.

I've only recently started exploring drawing and illustration - let's see where it takes me.  I like if because it's very spontaneous and gestural.  It's appealing to me because it's concrete and tangible and verbal.

Now that I've begun making work again, I need to update my influences.

contact information

email address:  comments (at) jambop.com