In 1978, he coined the term videopoetry to describe his multimedia work and is considered to be one of the original pioneers of the form. His videopoems exhibit the formalist concerns in the integration of text, image and sound to explore the poet's role in a technology-oriented world. 
His publications include 6 books of poetry; hedesigned The Great Canadian Poetry Machine, an interactive Telidon-based project for Vancouver's Expo 86, promoted as "Canada's first computerized anthology of contemporary poetry."
In 2008, he began research in the field of videopoetry, publishing the ground-breaking Videopoetry: A Manifesto in 2011. To date, the Manifesto has garnered more than 21,700 views from 67 countries. He has been invited to address numerous festivals, conferences and symposiums, from Buenos Aires to Vancouver, from Berlin to Monpellier, from London to Lisbon, etc. He curated screenings presenting his vision of the genre of videopoetry. His most recent prject was Poets with a Video Camera:  Videopoetry 1980-2020 at the Surrey Art Gallery in BC. He lives in White Rock, Canada.