Anachronic Television, 2016

Woman at the Window, installation view (front)

Woman at the Window, installation view (back)

5 small TVs on tall metal stands, in a gallery

Closeup of a TV with blue image of a gate

Closeup of a TV with blue image of a seascape with a figure

Closeup of a TV with violet-blue image of tree

Closeup of a TV with violet-blue image of a woman at a window

Closeup of a TV with blue-orange image of trees and monuments

One day I caught sight of the Caspar David Friedrich painting Woman at the Window, in the dead screen of a CRT television in my studio. After that I took a series of TVs outside and using their screens as reflective surfaces, tried to capture other Friedrich paintings. I photographed the captured images. Then later fed each television set (now plugged in and turned on) with the jpeg photograph of its own screen showing the reflected image.

Woman at the Window, digital chromogenic prints mounted on gator (both sides), steel frame, 16.5″ × 23.5″

Anachronic Televisions, installation view, Spectral Transmissions, Gallery 295, Vancouver

Churchyard Gate, 2016, 14″ Sanyo CRT television monitor, media player, steel stand

Ships at Anchor, 2016, 14″ Hitachi CRT television monitor, media player, RF modulator, steel stand

The Lone Tree, 2016, 14″ Toshiba CRT television monitor and DVD player, steel stand

Woman at the Window, 14″ Durabrand CRT television monitor, media player, steel stand

The Cemetery at Sunset, 14″ Toshiba CRT television monitor, media player, steel stand