One of the first collectors to pay close attention to Chinese video art, Michael Jacobs presented parts of his collection last year in the Whitebox Art Center: the result was a seminal exhibition in New York of video works by young Chinese artists. With interests that range from photojournalism, to video art, to more traditional forms of painting and sculpture, Jacobs is rightfully a little proud of his eye in contemporary art: he was an early supporter of artists like Li Ming, Sun Xun, Cheng Ran and Wang Xin. The same exhibition later traveled to an art fair in Turkey, Contemporary Istanbul, and recently also developed into an online presence as the website Now You See (nowyouseeart.com). In this interview, Jacobs shares his ideas on collecting, storing and displaying videos.