Artists in Person Preceded by short: Power of the Wheelchair (Marek Pacholec, U.S., 1996). Larry Eigner, nationally recognized poet, longtime Berkeley resident, and disabled person, died just months ago. Pacholec's tribute reminds us of a man sustained by the spirit of words. PFA dedicates this evening's program to his memory. (8 mins, Color, 3/4" video) The able-bodied tend to lump disability into one convenient class, however, disabilities-the manner in which they are manifested, the ways in which individuals deal with them-are as diverse as the people we term "disabled." Two works, vastly different in style and intent, show us something of the heroics of the everyday. In Jessica Yu's handsomely rendered Breathing Lessons (35 mins,16mm), Berkeleyan Mark O'Brien reports on his life and work from the confines of an iron lung. An accomplished journalist and poet, O'Brien has a candor about his circumstance that is quite wrenching, particularly alongside excerpts from his poetry. When discussing the big question about body and soul, he says wryly, "If I'm only a body, I'm in big trouble." Susan Abod reports with humor and grace on a disability that is all but invisible. In her diaristic Funny, You Don't Look Sick (64 mins, 3/4" Video), Abod intimately leads us through the daily tribulations of life with Environmental Illness and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-illnesses that are often denied diagnosis. Maintaining a "safe" home insulated from the effects of environmental exposure seems a promethean effort. Specialized appliances, chemical airing rooms, breathing apparatuses, precise diets, all make visible an illness we cannot see.-Steve Seid