Background Info
Quickly and briefly. Ptelevision started a decade ago when I couldn’t watch TV. Without access to my favorite past time I tried other things. I tried writing, painting, photography, you name it. Ptv is what I did when nothing was on or when I didn’t have access to Tv. Now you can catch up on what I’ve done and what I’m doing. I warn you, only watch when you have nothing else to do.
About the author
Jay Corless (C.V.) is a Latin-American troubadour seeking to add new chapters to his life’s story.
He joined the University of the Arts London, MAemca programme because it brought together a diverse selection of curious minds to explore questions of artistic and economic urgency. Through the programme he learned to test and experiment within the creative industries. Maybe more important, he simply added a London instalment to his evolving story.
Born to an American father and Venezuelan mother he spent his youth adjusting to the nomadic ways of a humble family in constant search of work and easy riches. Moving often, making friends and adapting to new environments were the essential challenges of childhood.
Later, not yet aware of his addiction to movement, Jay enrolled in a traditional university to quickly realize he was not ready for the stability and conventionality of institutional education. On this failure and with the hope of learning through adventure he left the US to observe, question and experiment.
A decade has passed since he first set out to examine the world. In Venezuela he witnessed military strife, obsession with political power and a failed coup attempt. In Japan he discovered kindness, politeness, emotion and love.
In France, Jay joined the UN and discovered overwhelming international problems and the role of education, culture and science in solving them. He found the Lost Generation, cooked a movable feast and imitated the painter of sunflowers. In Italy he decided to create the modern version of the School of Athens.