V E C (pronounced vee-ee-see) : noun, adjective, verb or adverb; abbreviation of "Visual - Experimental - Concrete", or "Visual Entertainment Company", or "Various Eccentric Characters" and, if you like, homophone French "life here", refers to various artventures (and/or their methodology) undertaken or instigated by Rod Summers since July 1973 and defined by him as "cultural intercourse between consenting artists".