Change is the buzzword of the 2008 presidential campaign – what it can be, when it can happen, why it’s necessary, who can pull it off. The messages of our literature and media –from psychological self-help to diet regimes, from natural resource management to entrepreneurial programs – are predicated on the imperative for change. From the first explorers, individuals have come to the land that became the USA to remake themselves and the world in which they live. Transformation is as iconically American as apple pie.

CHANGE: The Channel addresses this belief in the positive power of change.

CHANGE: The Channel was commissioned as part of University of California-Santa Cruz's Interupt Intervene symposium and installed at gallery sites in San Francisco and Santa Cruz during May 2008. The broadcast was run 24 hours a day/7 days a week during the exhibitions.

Sound bites from: Marketwatch.com, an introduction to an interview with L. Lessing, Bill Clinton, Bob, Ahmed Yousef, BNessel1973, Governor Bill Richardson, Ciro Rodriguez campaign commercial, Adam Nagourney, Brian Butler, Dorian Yates, Senator Hillary Clinton, Andrew Wommack Ministries, Dermot Butterly, Governor Chet Culver, Lynn Neary, William Safire, Al Gore, Notorious BIG, TJ Walker, Pachuri, Lisa Stansfield, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Travus T. Hipp, Governor Mitt Romney, Kim Isaacs, Fiona Apple, unnamed street preacher, Senator John Edwards, Dani Johnson, Senator Barack Obama, and Vitamin String Quartet.