CULTURAL
CENTER OF MERCATO SAN SEVERINO, ITALY
27-29 OCTOBER 1983
EVENT
ORGANIZED BY MARIO COSTA
Normal
constructs of space and time are imploded and the virtual environment
of electronic communication is made palpable through an absurd display
of telepresence. Side-by-side television monitors display similar
images of the artist counting non-stop for 15 minutes. The first
is a television set tuned to the local RAI station, which is broadcasting
a tape previously recorded in Paris (i.e., another space and time).
The second is a closed circuit television monitor displaying live
images of the artist—present in the performance space (i.e.,
here and now)—counting in pace with his video avatar. In the
background, four tape recorders are playing four different non-synchronized
audiotapes of the artist counting, creating an incantation-like
din.