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| David Hall, still from Interruption Piece, from TV Interruptions (7 TV Pieces), 1971 |
David Hall: End Piece... is at Ambika P3 until 22 April.
David Hall was a pioneer of video art. His early TV interventions in the early 1970s may now seem technologically quaint but they also represent a radicalism in 'public art' that is unthinkable roday. In 1971 Hall made '10 'TV Interruptions' for Scottish Television which were broadcast unannounced in August and September of that year. A selection of these were later issued as 7 TV Pieces. These will be shown at the Ambika P3 exhibition. (See an excerpt from Tap Piece here and Interruption Piece ('Burning TV') here.)
The exhibition includes a major new work: 1001 TV Sets (End Piece) 1972-2012, which will mark the end of analogue TV in the UK as London switches to digital on 18 April. The piece is described as follows: 1001 cathode ray TV sets, of all ages and conditions... will be tuned to different analogue stations playing randomly in a cacophony of electronic signals, gradually reducing between April 4 and April 18, as the final analogue signals are broadcast from London's Crystal Palace. When transmission is turned off, the multiple sets will emit only terminal audio hiss and a visual sea of white noise. (From Ambika P3 website.)
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| David Hall, still from Tap Piece, from TV Interruptions (7 TV Pieces) 1971 |
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| David Hall, still from TV Shoot Out Piece, from TV Interruptions (7 TV Pieces) 1971 |
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| David Hall, 101 TV Sets, installation 1972-1975 |
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