Television
dal 11/9/2003 al 8/11/2003
Segnalato da
11/9/2003
Television
Location One, New York
Television focuses on the production of signs and systems that articulate the world in a society driven by consumerism. For the installation, Closky is creating 10 thousand entertainment channels for the Internet (TPIs: Television Programs for Internet). Each channel is composed of a short program shown in a loop. The TPI programs are exclusively animated gifs and html, namely very low tech, some exclusively created for Television, others borrowed by Closky from the web.
by Claude Closky
Curated by Nathalie Angles
Location One is pleased to present the first US solo exhibition by French
artist Claude Closky. Television focuses on the production of signs and
systems that articulate the world in a society driven by consumerism.
For the installation, Closky is creating 10 thousand entertainment channels
for the Internet (TPIs: Television Programs for Internet). Each channel is
composed of a short program shown in a loop. The TPI programs are exclusively
animated gifs and html, namely very low tech, some exclusively created for
Television, others borrowed by Closky from the web.
Television will be displayed on 18 color monitors installed in Location One's
gallery. Viewers will be able to access the10,000 channels with numeric
keyboards that control all of the monitors. This inordinate number of channels
will expose the impotence of viewers who, despite the interactive nature of
the installation, are left with very little control.
One of the most innovative emerging artists of his generation, Closky's
imagery draws on mass media culture with sources of material ranging from
everyday life to images taken from fashion magazines, billboards and
television. In Television, the artist pushes the logic of these images to the
absurd through the use of humor, repetition, accumulation, diversion and loop
systems. Television is a caricatured reflection of the web and television
networks that questions their rapid and continuous growth, regardless of the
information they broadcast.
Television will be available to the public online, as well as in the gallery. Some channels may be
accessed now, in advance of the opening.
This exhibition is made possible through the generous support of Étant donnés,
The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art; Cultural Services of the French
Embassy (US); and DICREAM-CNC, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication,
France.
About the artist
Claude Closky was born in 1963 in Paris. He works with different media: video,
photography, the Internet, and drawing. He has participated in the Sydney
Biennial, the Taipei Biennial, and in exhibitions at the Centre Georges
Pompidou, Paris, at the Fondation Olivetti, Rome, at the Ludwig Museum,
Cologne, and at l'Oca, Sao Paulo, among others. His work is currently being
presented at the Tate, Liverpool, and at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, New
York. More information is available on his web site
http://www.sittes.net.
ABOUT LOCATION ONE
Location One is a not-for profit art center whose mission is to foster the
convergence of classic and new media for the development and presentation of
new work. Emerging and established artists in all mediums from all over the
world are invited to collaborate and experiment with advanced technological
tools and delivery systems. Location One presents visual arts, performing arts
and online programming. It maintains on its premises an International
Residency Program that is open to artists from different fields of expression
at all levels of experience in technology.
Opening Reception: Friday, September 12, 2003 6 - 8 PM
Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 12-6PM
Location One
26 Greene Street
New York NY 10013