Video artists being at the low end of the totem pole economically, one of the ways we survive is to go around showing work and giving these talks.

When you're making video, you're giving structure to time, which is what a composer does.

I came of age at the end of the 1960s, just when video was also coming into the world. Companies such as Sony and Panasonic were starting to market it and we artists immediately knew how it could be used.

My jobs on campaigns were pretty low on the totem pole - I was an advance man.

Look at it this way - a totem pole is just a decorated tree. My work is a confessional.

With studio work, I'm always the bottom man on the totem pole.