Conspiracy theories about the government suppressing scientific information leads an amateur to conduct old-fashioned, empirical research. The consequences for his health may be severe; he accepts it as a martyr. BIO:  Tom Sherman was born in Michigan and received a BFA degree from Eastern Michigan University. In 1972 he immigrated to Toronto where he helped establish A Space’s video production and exhibition programs. He was also active with Art Metropole and numerous artist-run venues throughout the 1970s, publishing his conceptual/literary texts and developing his practice as a video performance artist. In 1980 he was one of the founding editors of Fuse magazine. That same year he represented Canada at the Venice Biennale in the groundbreaking “Canada Video” exhibition. In 1983 the National Gallery of Canada mounted “Cultural Engineering,” a ten-year survey of his video, installations and text works.