The theme of the installation is a Couch Potato character getting his/her daily dose of television. This takes place in a living room setting with three monitors arranged around the room. The screens depict and comment on the Couch Potato's daily diet.
Past and Present TV aims to take the viewer through the years. Keeping to a comedy theme this entails collecting snippets of programmes from the early Fifties through the Sixties, Seventies, Eighties and into the Nineties. This reveals how Couch Potato's humour has changed over the years and how television has played it's part in shaping that.
Video Box on the other hand depicts Couch Potato's view of television in general. This piece takes Couch Potato from sunrise to switch off time with an array of programmes on screen one, interviews with the viewing public on screen two and comments from people and sheep on screen three.
TV Funding gives Couch Potato insight into how he/she pays for his/her diet of television. Using the three screens as reels of a slot machine this piece shows where money for programmes comes from and goes to. Each spin of the reels will show the wins, losses and risks of programme making.
Collaboration Programm project.
[LESS]The theme of the installation is a Couch Potato character getting his/her daily dose of television. This takes place in a living room setting with three monitors arranged around the room. The screens depict and comment on the Couch Potato's daily diet.
Past and Present TV aims to take the viewer through the years. Keeping to a comedy theme this entails collecting snippets of programmes from the early Fifties through the Sixties, Seventies, Eighties and into the Nineties. This reveals how Couch Potato's humour has changed over the years and how television has played it's part in shaping that.
Video Box on the other hand depicts Couch Potato's view of television in general. This piece takes Couch Potato from sunrise to switch off time with an array of programmes on screen one, interviews with the viewing public on screen two and comments from people and sheep on screen three.
TV Funding gives Couch Potato insight into how he/she pays for his/her diet of television. Using the three screens as reels of a slot machine this piece shows where money for programmes comes from and goes to. Each spin of the reels will show the wins, losses and risks of programme making.
Collaboration Programm project.
