Video Installation

This audiovisual work shows television as an electronic weaving  with its lines constantly changing as they are scanned by electron beams. This installation consists of a series of regular TV sets forming a long horizontal or a large rectangle in a given space. The piece can be presented with any amount of TVs (more than five) and in different arrangements. The TVs are set to different broadcast programs and covered with black tape so that only a few of the 525 (or 625) are visible. This work explores perception, the threshold between abstract dot patterns and the forming of an image. We are so trained in watching television that we can tell a lot about the programs just by the outlines formed with as little information as only 3 or 4 lines on each screen. The music is played on suspended cut aluminum baseball bats  in relationship to the changing lines of glowing dots. Closely tuned bats struck repeatedly produce overtones and reverberal sounds that fill the space. The music is recorded and played continuously.