LEARN
HOW TO WATCH TELEVISION BY LISTENING TO YOUR RADIO
FIAC
(INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR), PARIS
19 OCTOBER 1984
The
artist further perfects the esthetic application the concept of
the wildcat meta-media network in this work that prefigures the
« hacktivist » and “interface art” of today
by putting together a confederation of 10 independent FM radio stations
in the Paris area that will broadcast 4 hours of nonstop programming
replacing the normal audio of the television programming broadcast
at same time (i.e., the viewers are told to turn down the sound
on their televisions and listen to their radios instead). The artist’s
radio program features critical commentary by journalists and intellectuals,
ridiculous instructions issued to viewers to change channels and
perform other actions that together make up the “choreography”
of a distributed collective performance, and call-in segments for
viewer feedback.