Termite TV Collective

Join us on Saturday October 10th for a double celebration! El Bembé and the North Philadelphia History Festival!

Termite TV Collective and Norris Square Neighborhood Project (NSNP) in partnership with Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival
Philadelphia Latino Arts and Film Festival (PHLAFF), invite you to El Bembé on Saturday, October 10,
from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Held at the historic Las Parcelas (2248 N. Palethorp St) and Villa Africana
Colobó Gardens (2263 Palethorp St.), the event celebrates the launch of the latest Augmented and Virtual
Reality (AR/VR) installations from the ongoing community media project, Places of Power: Las Parcelas.

The gardens will be open starting at 11AM for visitors to come and explore the AR/VR works for Scribe Video Center's North Philadelphia History Festival programming "El Jardín de la Música y El Espíritu," then a reception with food and music performance will kick-off at 3PM.

Co-directed by Anula Shetty and Michael Kuetemeyer (Termite TV) and Iris Brown (NSNP), Places of
Power: Las Parcelas engages an intergenerational group of Norris Square residents to preserve neighborhood memories, traditions, and stories. Through hands-on workshops, community participants have co-created immersive digital works using 3D photogrammetry portraits, 360-degree virtual tours, and filmed oral histories.
This year’s showcase highlights stories centered on Bomba and Plena, two spiritual Afro-Puerto Rican musical traditions born from the need to honor ancestors, survive hardship, and resist colonialism. Through AR technology, physical landmarks and objects throughout the gardens are transformed into interactive
portals, bringing resident voices and historic memories directly to visitors. “Bembé” is an African word for a celebration or gathering of friends, chosen to honor African roots and bring that cultural connection into the work happening in the workshops and the gardens.

Event Highlights Include:
• Immersive AR/VR Art Installations: Interactive media technology integrated throughout two
vibrant community gardens celebrating stories of Puerto Rico and the African Diaspora.
• Live Musical Performance: A special presentation by El Junte, an Afro-Puerto Rican collective
of community educators and artists honoring ancestral legacies through live drumming, song, and
dance.
• NSNP Archive Activation: Explore photographs from NSNP’s community archive and leave a recorded memory for future generations.

RSVP October Workshop
Guide to Impact Producing by Zainab Sultan
Thursday, Oct 15 at 6:30p
Film screening & discussion
at Termite TV Collective Studio
In Cherry Street Pier 121 N Columbus Blvd

Link in our bio!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/guide-to-impact-producing-tickets-1999122976638

POSTPONED TO SATURDAY OCTOBER 10!
We are thrilled to participate in the 2026 North Philadelphia History Festival with our project. “El Jardin de la Música y El Espíritu.” Join us on Saturday September 26!

El Jardin de la Música y El Espíritu
⟟ Las Parcelas (Norris Square Neighborhood Project),
2248 N. Palethorpe St
◔ Reception: Saturday, Sept. 26th | 1PM
◔ Saturday, Sept. 26th | 11-7PM

In collaboration with Iris Brown of Norris Square Neighborhood Project, Termite TV artists Anula Shetty and Michael Kuetemeyer are installing a series of augmented reality (AR) artworks at Las Parcelas garden. Co-created with local residents, these stories explore Bomba and Plena, two deeply spiritual Afro-Puerto Rican musical traditions born from the need to honor ancestors, survive hardship, and resist colonialism. This installation is part of “Places of Power: Las Parcelas,” a community-based, immersive AR/VR project.
Presented by Scribe Video Center, North Philadelphia History Festival (NPHF): The John Coltrane Edition is a multi-site celebration of Black and Puerto Rican cultural history in North Philadelphia.
Centering community archives and the theme of Jazz. Spirit. Stories. History, the festival will explore the creative and spiritual legacy of John Coltrane (1926-1967) through projects led by Philadelphia-based artists, historians, filmmakers, and others. All programs in the three-day festival (Sept. 25 - 27) are free to the public and will include live performances, film screenings, photo, audio, and video exhibitions, oral history installations, tours and more. Advance registration is required for scheduled programs and receptions.
For more info Visit https://scribe.org/nphf

We are thrilled to participate in the 2026 North Philadelphia History Festival with our project. “El Jardin de la Música y El Espíritu”

In collaboration with Iris Brown of the Norris Square Neighborhood Project, Termite TV artists Anula Shetty and Michael Kuetemeyer are installing a series of augmented reality (AR) artworks at Las Parcelas garden. Co-created with local residents, these stories explore Bomba and Plena, two deeply spiritual Afro-Puerto Rican musical traditions born from the need to honor ancestors, survive hardship, and resist colonialism. This installation is part of “Places of Power: Las Parcelas,” a community-based, immersive AR/VR project.

Presented by Scribe Video Center, North Philadelphia History Festival (NPHF): The John Coltrane Edition is a multi-site celebration of Black and Puerto Rican cultural history in North Philadelphia.

Centering community archives and the theme of Jazz. Spirit. Stories. History, the festival will explore the creative and spiritual legacy of John Coltrane (1926-1967) through projects led by Philadelphia-based artists, historians, filmmakers, and others. All programs in the three-day festival (Sept. 25 - 27) are free to the public and will include live performances, film screenings, photo, audio, and video exhibitions, oral history installations, tours and more. Advance registration is required for scheduled programs and receptions.

All events are free and open to the public.

Join us First Friday September 4, from 5pm-8pm at Cherry Street Pier's Terrace Gallery! Explore what it means to heal, repair, and reconnect through MENDING, a multimedia exhibition at Cherry Street Pier featuring work by 21 media artists from Termite TV and PhillyCAM

Opening reception: Friday, September 4, 2026, from 5 pm – 8 pm
Exhibition on view September 4- 27

Over nine weeks, participating artists created 18 short films exploring mending from different perspectives. Using Termite TV’s signature “collage show” format, described as “video jazz” and “cubist television,” the exhibition brings many voices together around one shared idea.

Beyond film, Mending features photography and mixed-media works created through workshops exploring sewing, photo embroidery, botanical watercolor, oil pastel, painting, and more.

Together, the works explore mending as more than physical repair. Through personal stories of vulnerability, grief, healing, and renewal, the exhibition invites visitors to consider the many ways we put ourselves, and our communities, back together.

Featuring artists include: Gabe Castro, Michael Kuetemeyer, Anula Shetty, Debbie Rudman, Alan Powell, Laura Deutch, Ingrid Raphaël, Julie Woodard, Duwenavue Santé Johnson, Megan Llewellyn, J. Eliza Wall, Kae Luck, Bonnie MacAllister, Jamie Campbell, Brittany Barbato, Nasha Taylor, Dr. Jenine Lowery, Jonathan Olshefski, Michael O’Reilly, Ahmed Hassouna, Alejandra Lopez, Lamont Nathaniel Gibson, Julian Dupree, Nat Thomas, Jere Edmunds, Claire Roberts, Tamara R. Jackson, Emily Fisher, Jenny Tomczak, Edith Zapata, Sam Jacona, Ebony Oldacre, Sam Rucker, Deja Cook, Alisha Kinlaw, Ellie Koo, and Cody Foley.

Termite TV's and PhillyCAM's Collaborative Film + Exhibition: "Mending" » Cherry Street Pier Over nine weeks, participating artists created 18 short films exploring mending from different perspectives. Using Termite TV’s signature “collage show” format, described as “video jazz” and “cubist television,” the exhibition brings many voices together around one shared idea.

What you wear tells a story and you're the artist at our Intro to Visible Mending workshop Sunday, September 20th at 12:00 PM! Transform observation into inspiration while pairing skillsharing with storytelling in an environment of creativity and connection. Tickets on Eventbrite! Tickets are free! Donations are welcome and appreciated.

Intro to Visible Mending A skill-share workshop where observation becomes inspiration.

Collective Futures Coming Soon!
October 2–November 15, 2026, Collective Futures .info brings together Philly’s artist-run spaces, collectives, and creative communities for six weeks of exhibitions, performances, workshops, and gatherings across the city! Including our exhibition “Mending” and our symposium workshop "Eating its own Boundaries." We're excited to be a part!

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This could be for you if you've been curious about how to expand your creative eye! Edith Zapata, visual artists and muralist, is offering a custom workshop in Termite TV Studio! >> ABSTRACT MIND -- THIS SATURDAY at 12pm-3pm

Termite TV happily introduces 2 artists who are collaborating for a summer residency in our studio at Cherry Street Pier. Together they will host open studio hours, public workshop, and exhibition experiences now through August 15.

Visit the studio on July 3 during First Friday at Cherry Street Pier to meet, greet, and explore! Specific weekly hours will be shared via email and social media throughout their residency. Swipe for bios 👉🏼

While visiting the Pier, you can enjoy riverfront views, more open studios, market place, art exhibitions, and nearby live music and more along Delaware River Waterfront

Ellie Koo | 구예진 (b. Incheon, 2002) is a filmmaker, cultural organizer, educator, and artist based in Lenapehoking (Philadelphia, PA). Their work in film and installation challenges the legibility of the Korean-American identity and explores Diasporic Ecologies, Personal Memory, and Language. They currently attend Temple University for an MFA in Film and Media Arts and are in the works on a DIY radical microcinema called Dream Dialect Cinema Club. Koo uses all pronouns and is enjoying honey tangerine tea this summer season. 예진
Ellie Yaejin Koo | elliekoo.com

Cody Foley (codyyyyyyy) is a musician, visual explorer, and arts-based educator from Boston, Massachusetts. They have served as an organizer with artist communities to create and share spaces with a DIY ethos for music and sound artists. They have a passion for teaching youth arts education, believing that the creative exploration of the arts is essential to a kid’s building of community, self, and expression. In their personal practice, they investigate incidental aesthetics in both online and physical spaces through collage, photography, and street art, and explore how to build connections between public materiality and the digital sphere. Foley has also been making, performing, and organizing music events in DIY music scenes since 2016, with their previous outfit Ultra Chapelle, and their current alt-pop project Donna Revving. Lately, they are also interested in diary film and in-camera editing as collage. Foley is pursuing a Masters in Social Work at Bryn Mawr College and is currently b

Here's an "artist date" for you! Termite TV Collective is hosting a workshop by Edith Zapata: Abstract Mind. This is an experience to discover, refresh, and inspire your personal image map! Media artists can benefit from this skill share by exploring how to observe, consider, and translate your relationship to your physical environment. If art is a practice in observation, attend this workshop to study how you see!

Reserve your seat on Eventbrite. This helps us ensure supplies. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/abstract-mind-tickets-1992848650961?aff=oddtdtcreator