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Radical Software - Volume 1, Issue 5

Radical Software, Volume I, Number 5 Realistic Hope Foundation, Spring 1972 This issue came together at a time when the members of the Raindance Foundation were going separate ways, and no one was sure how Raindance would evolve, or even continue. This uncertainty surfaces in the essay, "The Raindance Story" at the beginning of the magazine. The Videofreex, an allied video collective, had made a successful move to the country, and others were ready to follow suite. New York State Council on the Arts funding policies made a video Diaspora desirable. Michael Shamberg was engaged in a new project, TVTV, which would bring him national attention. He and Megan Williams eventually moved to California. The Evensons moved to Downsville, New York, and developed independent projects of their own. Schneider and Korot were left with the Raindance Foundation, and they moved to Ruby, New York, not far from Woodstock, although they kept a base in New York City. It was also the first issue to be done fully in magazine format, as insisted upon by Gordon and Breach, the publishers who had finally agreed to print and distribute Radical Software. It was also the only issue where Beryl Korot, one of the

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