Michael Kuetemeyer ('94) is an award-winning media artist, active producer and teacher of experimental and documentary media at Temple University. He is a recipient of a Fulbright Scholar Award and a founder and current co-director of Termite TV Collective. His work has has screened at museums and festivals nationally and internationally, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Television and Radio, and the Dallas Video Festival.

Having an interest in exploring earth sciences through digital media, he is producing interactive documentary iOS apps about the Kilauea Volcano, Kilauea Iki and Plants. His documentary and experimental work includes Kamaka ‘eha (aching eye), in collaboration with Anula Shetty, a poetic documentary about the land of Hawai’i and the native Hawaiian struggle for sovereignty. Other collaboratie projects between Kuetemeyer and Shetty include “geolocative” projects, like Time Lens – Pearl Street and Places of Power, that explore urban spaces through multiple layers of time, community stories, and how VR can amplify community members’ sense of memory, kinship, connection, and empathy.