If there is a Guiness world record category for the, arts, Arturo Cubacub and his wife Jan would certainly qualify. Between them, they have the spectrum covered: painting, sculpture, music, video, dance, photography and poetry, to name just a few.

Both hold down jobs: Arturo is a senior editor at Post Effects and Jan has been teaching dance at the Discovery Center for 11 years. Together they run "Rasterdans," a dance-video company that combines Arturo's production, directing, editing and music talents with Jan's dance and choreography.

The Cubacubs' (pronounced Coo-BA-coob) video pieces, which can be seen at galleries, festivals, on public television and various alternative shows such as "No TV" and "Image Union," have won 24 international and regional awards including those from the Chicago International Film Festival, the American Film Institute and the International Film and Television Festival of New York.

"It's natural for us to do 9,000 things," says Jan with a laugh. Adds Arturo, "We're pretty neurotic about it." Upon meeting the couple and viewing the serene surroundings of their home, somehow the adjective "neurotic" is not one that comes to mind. "Well," explains Arturo, "it definitely gets sublimated into our mediums."

The Cubacubs pursue their joint and separate mediums in a building they purchased on the city's north side after discovering it was formerly a Hindu ashram.

The living room is a tribute to the couple's incredibly diversified talents: Arturo's paintings cover the walls magnificent works displaying powerful images and bold colors. Cabinets with glass doors are full of Jan's delicate, hand painted porcelain dolls. Photos of the couple's wedding line one hallway, as well as ethereal black and white photos of Jan in a variety of dancer/contortionist poses.

The house also contains a midi studio where Arturo works on the music for their video pieces, and a large dance studio where Jan teaches class. The basement has been converted into an art studio, complete with two kilns where Jan makes the ceramic dolls she paints, as well as a line of ceramic Christmas ornaments and her latest item, tooth fairy boxes, featuring cheeky, toothless little girls on their lids.

The two met 10 years ago when Arturo took one of Jan's dance classes. Arturo, who was in the midst of a photo show, liked his teacher and asked her to model for him. "She has great extensions," was the line he used. And the rest, as they say, is history.

"From there we started doing video art pieces together. "It worked out really well," Arturo said. "Our working style was pretty synergistic in terms of the pieces. The collaboration made it better than if I had done it alone."

Jan agrees with her husband's synopsis. "Our energies worked very well together. We have the same kind of energy but explore different mediums. I paint on porcelain, Arturo paints on canvas. The aesthetic philosophy is very much alike."

So how long did it take this energy to synthesize into a romance? They answer simultaneously, with little smiles, "After working together a week," says Arturo, while Jan says, "It was pretty intense." The couple married in 1982 in a ceremony that could have been a performance in one of their videos.

Arturo provided the maid of honor, and Jan the best man. For the procession, Arturo played guitar, with his cousins on flute and piano, while a pair of dancers performed a pas de deux choreographed by Jan. Later the two exchanged vows written by Arturo; "he's the poet," says Jan, gazing fondly at her husband. The couple then departed in a helicopter from which they showered their guests with chocolate kisses.

Arturo says life hasn't changed much since the wedding day; both keep themselves submerged in a variety of projects.

But the paths always lead back to each other especially in the case of their most recent medium, as Arturo points to Jan, who's usually lithe dancer body now has a slight bulge in front. "Right now the main project is the child," Arturo says with a grin. "Especially for me," echoes Jan as she pats her abdomen, "I'm a little distracted right now."

The baby is dancing," says Arturo proudly "We saw an ultrasound and we saw jazz hands and pointed toes." Jan adds, "I'm a natural turner. My students say the baby will come out turning and the doctor will have to catch it."