NO TELEVISION

2007-10-23T07:31:00.000-07:00

A project about mass media and it's influence in our life.
http://notelevision.freegar.org
notelevision @ freegar.org

This project criticizes to all mass media that in these moments controls the conscience of the captive audiences that are given to their dominion by means of simple entertainment and absurd known like trash content that manipulates the way of think and to act of these spectators in different parts from the orb without concerning races, or social conditions.
Through of some images, audiovisual works and texts we consider several questions that look for answer in nowadays and in introspection of life like an interface similar to the one of the channel of musical and videos programs well known on the planet (and from which we have taken the freedom to parody it) in such a way that the same association of these images and sounds that anyone has seen sometimes in front of a television set with a remote control in hand, so we want to request to graphic and audiovisual artists to contribute with your work to this virtual gallery, and coming an exhibiton in places that will be announced.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
Graphic, Photo and Audiovisual Digital work.

CLOSED

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NO TELEVISION
Un proyecto sobre los medios masivos y su influencia en nuestra vida.
http://notelevision.freegar.org
notelevision @ freegar.org

Este proyecto es una critica a los medios masivos de comunicacion o 'mass media' que actualmente controlan la idiosincracia y la conciencia de las audiencias captivas que se entregan a su dominio por medio del entretenimiento simple y absurdo conocido como telebasura que manipula la forma de pensar y actuar de dichos espectadores en las distintas partes del orbe sin importar razas, o condiciones socioeconomicas. A traves de algunas imagenes y textos se plantean varias interrogantes que buscan respuesta en el diario acontecer y en la introspeccion de la vida como si fuera una interfaz similar a la del canal de programas de videos musicales mas conocido del planeta ( y del cual nos hemos tomado la libertad de parodiarlo) de tal manera que la misma asociacion de dichas imagenes y sonidos que cualquiera ha visto alguna vez frente a un televisor con el control de mando a distancia en mano, nos remita a situaciones que muy dificilmente podemos constatar de viva voz o en telepresencia, porque son estos medios los que han decidido que es lo que si y lo que no debemos saber mas alla de lo que en la pantalla nos muestra,por estas razones invitamos a artistas audiovisuales a contribuir con su obra en esta galería virtual que pronto tendra exhibiciones en lugares que seran anunciados.

LLAMADA PARA COLABORACIONES
Graficos, Foto y obra Audiovisual Digital

CERRADA

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Recent submissions / Colaboraciones recientes

Here you are the recent submissions for our project and notes about TELEVISION:
Aquí están las mas recientes colaboraciones al proyecto y notas relacionadas con el tema de la TELEVISION:

GUERRA Y TELEVISIÓN

2007-10-23T07:30:00.000-07:00

La sala Sleepingcat.es de Vila presenta el 19 de octubre de 2.007 la exposición “Guerra y Televisión”, del ilustrador, diseñador gráfico e infografista, Diego Etcheverry. El autor, nacido en Salto (Uruguay) en 1.973, lleva viviendo seis años en Segovia, donde explora constantemente sus capacidades creativas y experimenta con distintas disciplinas artísticas tradicionales y digitales, dando forma a su particular y ácida visión de mundo actual.

Con la exposición Guerra y Televisión, Diego Etcheverry estímula al público que no está acostumbrado a ver anuncios y publicidad cuyos motivos no sean obvios. “Mis cuadros, láminas y stickers (pegatinas) están creados con la intención de provocar reflexión del público y posiblemente, en el peor de los casos, una sensación de frustación y malestar individual”, confiesa el propio autor. Las provocaciones de artista pretenden, ante todo, revitalizar la percepción y la atención del espectador, consiguiendo que se involucre y se divierta con sus originales propuestas, que beben directamente de la estética pop unida a elementos kitch y vinilos decorativos que enmarcan a su vez a las propias obras. Además, el personaje conductor de toda la obra es de sobra conocido por todos: Mickey Mouse.

Los trabajos que dan forma a la muestra “inducen a la reflexión sobre estereotipos estéticos, sociales y políticos, reivindicando el espacio público como un lugar fundamental para la vida artística y cultural, y dirigiendo la crítica contra la homogeneidad que proponen los grandes poderes económicos y empresariales”, añade el autor.

La exposición permanecerá en Sleepingcat.es hasta el próximo 17 de noviembre. La entrada es libre y durante la presentación se ofrecerá un aperitivo a los asistentes, además de algunas sorpresas que harán pasar un buen rato a los asistentes.

“Guerra y Televisión”, de Diego Etcheverry
Exposición de ilustración y vinilo
Del 19 de octubre al 17 de noviembre de 2.007
Sala Sleepingcat.es
Av. Isidor Macabich, 20 bis. Pasaje Olimpo, 29
Eivissa (Baleares)

NO TELEVISION en SINTESIS LIBRE

2007-10-23T07:29:00.000-07:00

El pasado viernes 19 de octubre se realizó la primera presentación del proyecto NO TELEVISION en el Festival Transitio_MX dentro del marco del evento SINTESIS LIBRE realizado en el Centro de la Imagen en la Ciudad de México.
Durante el evento se proyectaron algunos videos e imágenes seleccionados que conforman la primera parte de este proyecto, que son resultado de la convocatoria realizada en julio y agosto pasados donde recibimos mas de 60 colaboraciones de mas de 15 paises del mundo.

Last friday october 19 was presented of NO TELEVISION project during Transitio_MX Festival inside of SINTESIS LIBRE event realized in Centro de la Imagen (Image Center) in Mexico City.
During this presentation was proyected some selected videos and images from last call for collaborations last July and August, receiving more than 60 collaboration from 15 countries around the world.

Lamentable tendencia mundial

2007-10-22T07:14:00.001-07:00

gal-1615-lamentable.jpg
Originally uploaded by trianero2

Aportacion del caricaturista Gallut en la revista Proceso

NO+TV

2007-10-07T13:26:00.000-07:00

He subrayado que la televisión produce dos efectos. Por un lado rebaja el derecho de entrada en un número de campos: filosófico, jurídico, etc. [...]. Por otro, dispone de los medios para llegar al mayor número posible de personas. Lo que me parece difícil de justificar es que se utilice la amplitud de la audiencia para rebajar el derecho de entrada en el campo. [...] Se puede y se debe luchar contra los índices de audiencia en nombre de la democracia.

Pierre Bourdieu, Sobre la televisión

" THE PIONEERS OF NET ART IN ONE VOICE TELL US THAT IT HAS DIED."

Eldar Karkhalev, Notepad.

No más TV. No se trata de negar las cualidades del dispositivo como instrumento de comunicación, de interacción social, de democratización de la experiencia cultural: se trata de cuestionar radicalmente los mecanismos que regulan su existencia real en un contexto de libre mercado (el que hay, y la cosa va para largo), toda vez que ni existe ni parece que vaya a existir ya más la posibilidad de que su existencia social efectiva vaya a contemplarse, salvo si acaso excepcionalmente (en zonas aisladas como los festivales, ok), en términos de servicio público, como territorio genéricamente protegido por algún proyecto revisado de estado del bienestar, quiero decir. Basta por tanto de acariciar fantasías que nunca se dan, se han dado o se darán, y de amparar y legitimar bajo su paraguas realidades tan nefastas y denigradas como las que, día a día, sufrimos. Se acabó. Pensar en una TV que realice o pueda realizar un servicio positivo a los objetivos de democratización del espacio social es ponerle una vela al aparato de control, poder y desarme ciudadano que más poderosa y terriblemente esquilma en nuestros días el tejido social y evapora en él toda posibilidad de trabajar por un proyecto de democratización concreta, el dispositivo que más sangrantemente estrangula cualquier posibilidad de comunicación auténtica en el espacio público. La pregunta de “qué acción es posible en la esfera pública” no tiene respuesta en el ámbito de la TV -como no sea: anti-TV, microTV, TV no guiada por la ley que “define” a la TV, la ley de la audiencia. Bajo su gobierno, bajo el gobierno de esa ley, la TV no crece ni puede crecer sino como instrumento de control y degradación de la experiencia, como dispositivo de aculturación brutal, como aparato productor de masa ciudadana inerte, negador de toda socialidad. Ningún otro canto por tanto, para cualquier mirada crítica, que el de “no más tv”. O lo que es lo mismo: apostemos por una contra-tv, por una anti-tv, por una micro-tv que practique la diseminación proliferante de los microdispositivos de la interacción pública, de las pequeñas unidades de acción comunicativa. Segmentar, micronizar, cortar y dispersar siempre, allí donde la gran máquina del capital globaliza, produce imperio, masa humana adormecida. Cualquier ilusión universalista en la producción del dominio público, de la Comunidad Ideal de Comunicación, de la Razón Pública, no viene sino a sacrificarle al populismo demagógico de la universalidad del acceso el propio ejercicio intensivo de la experiencia. No hay política –sino demagogia- allí donde se sacrifica lo intensivo a la cantidad. No, no más TV.

José Luis Brea

Dog park

2007-10-07T13:21:00.000-07:00

Dog watching is often one of the most amusing activities during a trip to the park, and this fall at New York City’s Madison Square Park the four legged beasts aren’t only frolicking in the dog run, but also on video screens set up around Danny Meyer’s famed Shake Shack (another very good reason to visit said park). These dogs are the cast of William Wegman’s latest video installation Around the Park. Taking on the persona of various people seen in the park–business man, tourist, and park maintenece worker–Wegman and his consummate collaborators force the viewer to observe the park and its inhabitants in a different light. Always crowd pleasers, the artist’s canine-centric videos transcend their initial appearance (and constant criticism) of kitch, and consistently manage to impart a deeper sense of human frailty and humor. For thirty years Wegman and his Weimaraners (who always play the straight man) have created unique videos that sit along side the work of Bruce Nauman and John Baldessari, conceptually and visually (early works by Wegman as well as Nauman and Baldessari are available through EAI). Running concurrently at Senior & Shopmaker Gallery on Madison Square Park is ‘Wegman Outdoors’, an exhibition of the artist’s landscape photographs (which coincidently also include the dogs) dating from 1981 through 2007.

RealiTV

2007-09-11T11:42:00.001-07:00

RealiTV
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
© Blumpi, Mexico

11-9

2007-09-11T11:41:00.001-07:00

11-9
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
© Giorgio Celon, Italy

self portrait

2007-09-11T11:39:00.001-07:00

self portrait
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
© Arthur Tuoto, Brazil

foothill diversions

2007-09-11T11:37:00.001-07:00

foothill diversions
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
© Ann Tracy, USA

birth of classical self

2007-09-11T11:36:00.001-07:00

birth of classical self
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
© Ann Tracy, USA

TV gun

2007-09-11T11:31:00.001-07:00

TVgun
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
© Delfo Esposito, Italy

Pablo Escobar

2007-09-11T11:29:00.001-07:00

Pablo Escobar
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
© Matias Repar, Argentina

Tele Bios Mori

2007-09-11T11:20:00.001-07:00

Tele Bios Mori
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
© Alberto Mori, Italy

No television 1

2007-09-11T11:18:00.001-07:00

No television 1
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
Franco Pirii, Italy

HPIM1164

2007-09-11T11:15:00.001-07:00

HPIM1164
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
© Antonio Sassu, Italy

2 chance

2007-09-11T11:14:00.001-07:00

2chance
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
© Maddalena Vantaggi, Italy

HELMET1

2007-09-11T11:13:00.001-07:00

HELMET1
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
© Mateo Bossi, Italy

container stay

2007-09-11T11:12:00.001-07:00

container stay
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
© John Maters, Netherlands

no container no tv

2007-09-11T11:09:00.001-07:00

no container no tv
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
© John Maters, Netherlands

The way out is through

2007-08-30T13:46:00.001-07:00

The way out is through
Originally uploaded by Violator3

NO TELEVISION
MaraB. (Violator3) Italy

we're here to say goodbye

2007-08-30T13:37:00.001-07:00

we're here to say goodbye
Originally uploaded by b.avnish

NO TELEVISION
Avnish k, Bombay, India

Depression

2007-08-30T13:29:00.001-07:00

Depression
Originally uploaded by Wiiinston

NO TELEVISION
Winston Sanders, UK

"Praise The Loud!"

2007-08-30T13:26:00.001-07:00

"Praise The Loud!"
Originally uploaded by zyphichore

NO TELEVISION
Leigh Dehaney , Canada

TV Series 1

2007-08-30T13:06:00.001-07:00

TV Series 1
Originally uploaded by Horsefeathered

NO TELEVISION
Matt Lewkowicz, Los Angeles, Cal. USA

the green room - part I

2007-08-30T13:03:00.001-07:00

the green room - part I
Originally uploaded by Sebastian Selig

NO TELEVISION
Sebastian Selig, Germany

L'idiot du village

2007-08-30T12:44:00.001-07:00

L'idiot du village
Originally uploaded by riopel2dali

NO TELEVISION
©Paul Tremblay, Canada

1979

2007-08-06T17:19:00.001-07:00

1979
Originally uploaded by view-askew

NO TELEVISION
Bastian
NY, USA

drug of a nation

2007-08-06T17:17:00.001-07:00

drug of a nation
Originally uploaded by view-askew

NO TELEVISION
Bastian
NY, USA

...breeding ignorance and feeding radiation.

GuadTV

2007-08-06T17:13:00.001-07:00

GuadTV
Originally uploaded by Mary Hockenbery (reddirtrose)

NO TELEVISION
Mary Hockenbery
USA

arroyo TV

2007-08-06T17:12:00.001-07:00

arroyo TV
Originally uploaded by Mary Hockenbery (reddirtrose)

NO TELEVISION
Mary Hockenbery
USA

Sin señal

2007-08-06T17:01:00.001-07:00

Sin señal.
Originally uploaded by el.NiCoXxX

NO TELEVISION
Nicolas Díaz, Chile

Interferencias que confunden la señal de mi ser, de mi alma y de mis sentimientos programados que abren una confusión cambiado por el operador que transmite el canal hacia el receptor que nunca campatara y entenderá el sentido de la explosión de información...

TV the drug of the nation

2007-08-06T16:59:00.001-07:00

Dem with Panzerfaust boys from Rotterdam
Originally uploaded by dem666

NO TELEVISION
D e m
Australia

www.botlek.net/

Dem with Panzerfaust boys from Rotterdam

KILL YOUR TV

2007-08-05T12:32:00.001-07:00

Kill your TV
Originally uploaded by witness 1

NO TELEVISION
D e m
Australia

Stencil - Rooftop, Synagogue Place, Adelaide

video.freegar.org

2007-08-05T12:17:00.001-07:00

video.freegar.org
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
freegar.org
Mexico

Free Your Mind 2007 // Bring your TV!

2007-08-05T12:03:00.001-07:00

Free Your Mind 2007 // Bring your TV!
Originally uploaded by Merlijn Hoek

NO TELEVISION
©Merlijn Hoek
Netherlands

Get the hell out

2007-08-05T11:47:00.001-07:00

get the hell out
Originally uploaded by unoundici

NO TELEVISION
© Chiara Balza
Italy

Sin Titulo / Untitled

2007-08-05T11:43:00.001-07:00

sin titulo
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
©NO Ulises, Chile

T.V.: DRUG OF THE NATION

2007-08-05T11:37:00.001-07:00

T.V.: DRUG OF THE NATION
Originally uploaded by Olga Gerrard

NO TELEVISION
© Olga Gerrard
Los Angeles, Cal. USA

Untitled (Cell)

2007-08-04T18:03:00.000-07:00

Untitled (Cell)
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
©Arthur Patchin
UK

Sin Titulo / Untitled

2007-08-04T18:01:00.001-07:00

Sin Titulo / Untitled
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
Antonio Ruiz
Mexico City, Mexico

system failure 1

2007-08-01T08:43:00.003-07:00

systemfailure1
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
Scott Donohue
UK

Broken channel streamer television

2007-08-01T08:43:00.001-07:00

broken_channel_streamer_tv 3
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
Chistian Longo,
Italy

Broken channel streamer television by Christian Longo is a simple but impressive abstract image mapping experiments used to produce glitch audiovisual grooves.. This beautyful interface load and parse corrupt televison images and capture the output. used datasets include memory dumps, television screen captures, catch phrases, mapping techniques: compression algorithms, bit translations, color swapping, pixel modulations, and deliberate data corruptions. The original streamed sound is corrupt to produce semi-sinchronyzed techno loops for a real-time emotional reaction. As these operations are known, theoretically inversion is possible to the original data, that means that is possible to make fascinating _glitch visual liveset,_ with an unique harsh rave mood, only using the awful old video source, aka tv.

room_big

2007-08-01T08:19:00.001-07:00

room_big
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
Suka Off
Poland

Gating III

2007-08-01T08:18:00.001-07:00

Gating III
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
Per pegelow
Germany

A photo based Video Installation that is concerned with Globalization.
Attachment is the draft of a Talk artist gave at the International Symposium for Interactive Media Design in April 2007 at the Yeditepe University in Istanbul. It describes three Projects that are concerned with the media aspect of the third industrial revolution [called "globalization"].

_h 4.1_

2007-08-01T08:17:00.001-07:00

_h 4.1_
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
Ayrat Tereguloff
Russia

The White House

2007-08-01T08:16:00.001-07:00

The White House
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
Salvatore Iaconesi
Italy

Where are you, Nam June Paik?

2007-08-01T08:14:00.001-07:00

Where are you, Nam June Paik?
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
Osvaldo Cibils
Italy

I'M WATCHING YOU

2007-08-01T08:13:00.001-07:00

I'M WATCHING YOU
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
The Unknown artist
Jose Viera
Portugal

Tv. Takeover

2007-08-01T08:12:00.001-07:00

Tv. Takeover
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
Scott Donohue
UK

The revolution will not be televized

2007-08-01T08:11:00.001-07:00

The revolution will not be televized
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
Grafo, Urban art
UK

Within the Culture of No Context

2007-07-31T20:01:00.000-07:00

by Dunja Radosavljevic (part 1)

“The truth is often complex”, says prof. Bernstein of University of Texas in one of his lectures on the web, because “meaning is not inherent”. He follows this by, ”The greatest single failing of journalism today is lack of context. Facts by themselves are not truth.” Paraphrasing Bernstein, by adding context to content, you add meaning to fact, and with that, you attempt to assemble the closest version of the truth. Note here that Bernstein never says that truth does not exist, or that truth is completely subjective or relative, or that one can never know it. He simply says, finding the truth, or the closest version of it, is a complex endeavor, and nevertheless journalists should strive to reach that goal. It’s surprising how much this differs from the current postmodern discourse, which mostly wants to discredit and dispose of the concept of truth and meaning all together, by equating the very difficulty of finding it with its impossibility. This is the well-known fallacy of throwing the baby out with the bathwater, which will rear its ugly head throughout this paper. I am well aware of some of the valuable contributions of postmodernism, however what I am talking about here is its worst and most dangerous trait – absolute relativity. In relation to media and journalism (even this division is already controversial and questionable), it means a consistent lack of context. In relation to democracy, it means a brainwashed voter.
Curiously, what I first choose to address in this paper is the rise of TV culture in the US, since I see it, along with Postman, Trow and Berman, as the backbone for the rise of ideology of no context. Consequently, I will explore TV’s prolonged success in creating and sustaining a civilization of immature and uneducated adults who, along with corporate conglomerates, become the greatest barrier to sane democratic processes. Emphasizing this political, economic, social and psychological analysis, I want to show that, in order for any sustainable change to occur, in conjunction to the insightful changes and improvements related to media that Gans mentions in his book, major change needs to happen within the dynamics of American values, exemplified by a more rewarding family life, as well as improved and more wide-spread education. On (not so much) a side note, this should be coupled, as explored by McKibben, with a renewed interest in nature and complex processes that govern it, so people can learn to better appreciate their place within the context of a planetary ecosystem. I will mention as well, that this should parallel and spring from a new awareness and acceptance of female voices whose impact on the Western Civilization, and the world in general, has been minimal, usually denied or suppressed, and which should now be more fervently explored and brought to integration. In order to limit though, the already large scope of this paper, I will leave the topic of feminism for another more in-depth study.
I am aware that the changes I am naming require almost a complete restructuring of the capitalist system in the US, which might be a sizable if not too large a bite for any individual to swallow. Nevertheless, I feel that only deep structural shifts can help us regain the lack of context, which so obviously plagues the media, and more alarmingly almost every other aspect of modern life.

The nature of the TV medium
I feel it’s pertinent to the discussion to describe the characteristics of the TV medium, so that one can understand the implications of its introduction to the American culture. Many, including Berman, have concluded that television generally works against depth and self-reflection, in that the flow of images and radiation lull the viewer into a sort of passive, almost narcotic state, where one literally abandons oneself to the experience (49). This happens primarily because of low radiation that the television set emits at a consistent rate inducing the human psyche, after prolonged use, into a kind of hypnosis. With this quality TV pacifies the viewer, yet simultaneously induces a kind of perpetual anxiety and nervousness, which is obvious in the example of children, who as a result of watching too much TV, develop ADD (attention deficit disorder).
As for the content of programming, it is in the nature of the medium to suppress the subject matter in favor of visual stimuli, as visuality is, basically, TV’s essence. What follows, as Postman explains, is that what becomes truly relevant on TV is not reality but visual credibility, where the test for truth becomes not the truth itself, but its visual representation. Does the reporter look sincere, authentic, vulnerable, attractive? Those are the questions and impressions in viewer’s mind, not whether the reporter is saying anything of substance or not (Amusing Ourselves to Death, 102). Granted, I am taking this a bit to the extreme, but suffice it to say that in a predominantly visual medium, substance can easily slip out the back door. The TV medium also requires a certain speed of communication, in order to be efficient and remain stimulating to its viewers. Hence, it becomes oriented towards short, fragmented pieces of information, which are mixed in a mosaic of dramatic stories propelled to grab attention. This fast changing pace of images, whether advertisements, news, or any other programming, coupled with the never-ending musical score, makes it very difficult for any story, especially a news story, to have a lasting impact, continues Postman (103).
This all leads into Trow’s metaphor about there being many choices that are presented in a context that is never described, so that what seems to be moving is not only the foreground, but the background as well (67). Nothing is stable or static for too long, for the screen must move and be dynamic. As a result we lose our ability to measure something against another fixed point, in order to place it in a related context and determine its value. With this loss of context, Postman reiterates, we also lose our ability to discern a contradiction, which means telling the difference between a lie and truth (Amusing, 109). The tragic consequences of this mediumistic failing can be seen in the American culture and public life, ranging from massive disinformation and misinterpretation among the American population, to illogical and manipulative arguments amongst politicians and policy makers. Within such a system, can we really expect a true democracy? And who is to be blamed? To clarify, what I am saying is not that TV technology is necessarily bad, or that it produces lies and bad policy makers, but that when over-consumed or fetishized, its limitations as a medium greatly exceed its benefits. The fetishization of TV, prevalent in the US, means using television for purposes it was never intended for and can never in its nature truly satisfy. This is the inherent fallacy I am interested in exploring further.

TV Dinner 2

2007-07-31T19:59:00.000-07:00

TV Dinner 2
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION Jeremy Hight, USA

this is a commentary on the dumbing down of news and how globalization is
also making all news networks the same... essentially a winking singular dumb entity

my chat love

2007-07-31T19:53:00.001-07:00

my chat love
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
Caterina Davinio,
Italy

NOTV

2007-07-31T19:52:00.001-07:00

NO TELEVISION
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION,
Radko Spassov, Bulgary

Out of the window

2007-07-31T19:20:00.001-07:00

Out of the window
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
Roch Forowicz
Poland

www.outofthewindow.pl/

the404.org

2007-07-31T19:15:00.001-07:00

the404.org
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
shixa, lilly von, babel, chutiwongpeti, champking, escha romain,
royce icon, artEficial and phooty raskel.
Canada, USA, UK.

www.the404.org/interactive/testcards/

Media person (video)

2007-07-31T19:13:00.002-07:00

Media Person
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
G. H. Hovagimyan
New York, USA

PERSONA CAUTIVA DE LOS MEDIOS
Brian Caiazza & G.H. Hovagimyan - 2006
Traducción: Fabian Giles

Es una imagen que está en tu mente.
Eres la perfecta persona cautiva de los medios.
Has perdido contacto con la realidad.
Todo es imagen, todo es ilusión.
Persona cautiva de los medios.
Todo es falso. Todo son símbolos.
Compras el logo. Compras la realidad. Compras la imagen.
Persona cautiva de los medios.
Has perdido contacto con la realidad.
Pero no existe la realidad porque es sólo una imagen en tu mente.
Tu mundo no es nada sino palabras e imagenes.
Todo es imagen sin contenido.
Imagenes y juegos.
Todo es imagen, todo es ilusión. Compras el logo.
Todo es imagen sin contenido.
Todo es rápido. Todo es superficial. Todo es una falacia.Todo es falocracia.
Estás en el siglo 21. Compras el logo.
Estás perdido en el juego. El juego es un juego de lenguaje.
Crees en el lenguaje. Estás enganchado.
La mente crea la realidad.
El juego es la realidad.
El juego está en tu mente.
Estás enganchado en el juego.
La mente. La mente.
Tu la has comprado. Compras el significado. No hay contenido.
Todo es superficial.
Todo es imagen.
Ellos crean la realidad para tí. Eres la perfecta persona cautiva de los medios.

2007-07-31T19:13:00.001-07:00

"Anche le paole uccidono, kit"

2007-07-31T19:12:00.001-07:00

"Anche le paole uccidono, kit"
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION
Gruppo Sinestetico
Italy

254 (video)

2007-07-31T19:10:00.001-07:00

NO TELEVISION,
Gruppo Sinestetico
Italy

anche le parole uccidono 1

2007-07-31T19:08:00.001-07:00

anche le parole uccidono 1
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

NO TELEVISION,
Gruppo Sinestetico
Italy

"La Gran Familia Mexicana"/ "The Big Mexican Family"

2007-07-31T19:07:00.001-07:00

"La Gran Familia Mexicana"/ "The Big Mexican Family"
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

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Cexpirito
México

Untitled

2007-07-31T19:06:00.001-07:00

Untitled
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

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Stephen Köperl - Sylvia Winkler
Germany

Suddenly I realized if we turn off the TV

2007-07-31T18:46:00.003-07:00

Suddenly I realized if we turn off the TV
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

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Suanne Hall
USA

Could be you

2007-07-31T18:46:00.001-07:00

Could be you
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

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Tijuana Sensations
Mexico

TV contrast

2007-07-31T18:45:00.001-07:00

TV contrast
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

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Jessica Dunajski
USA

Empty V

2007-07-31T18:43:00.001-07:00

2Empty V
Originally uploaded by fabiangiles

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Cesar Martínez Silva
México

“De los MEDIOS de comunicación masiva a los ENTEROS de comunicación sin IVA” o “Las perversas Relaciones entre Corcolito del tío Gamboín y el Big Brother de George Orwell; ó fue Corcolito, ¿el Small Brother…?”

Por César Martínez Silva

Corcolito o el primer medio de control mediático en la infancia.

El gran cineasta italiano Federico Fellini comentó alguna vez: “La televisión es el espejo en donde se refleja la derrota de todo nuestro sistema cultural”. Es así, la T.V. es un espejo, y en ese espejo nos miramos todos reflejados. Sin embargo también apuntó: “Condenar la televisión sería tan ridículo como excomulgar la electricidad o la teoría de la gravedad”. Sobre el aprovechamiento del medio hay mucho que decir. La televisión no es culpable de nada, salvo el hecho de cómo es utilizada y el cómo es consumida.

La cultura local es también un reflejo visualizado en ella. Por lo regular cada sociedad refleja en ella una forma de realidad. Muchas ciudades tienen su propio canal local y también sus propios canales porno. A la vez de sus propios exhibicionismos, noticieros, “Realitys Shows” locales e internacionales. Una forma de tolerar el aburrimiento o bien una manera de hacer del aburrimiento un espectáculo. Y con ello lo que conlleva eso.

Un grave problema sería el de cómo la T.V. trivializa ciertas situaciones, o como convierte en basura aspectos de gran valor junto a la posible dependencia que ella genera. A pesar de su tiempo de transmisión en vivo, y por tanto su realidad real, los hechos mismos ahí vertidos pueden tener cierto carácter y cierto matiz que influyan en nuestra manera misma de “consumir la realidad” o de “cómo estar en ella”.

Se transforma en una hipnosis cerebral cuando la televisión se convierte en la base de la opinión pública, haciendo de esto una gran esquizofrenia social. Un peligro inmediato. La distancia entre la realidad y la ficción son somatizadas. La ficción puede ser confundida con la manera en que ésta es transmitida. La realidad se vuelve espectáculo, inclusive.
También es una manera de hacer público ciertos secretos. Lo privado publicado transgrede un orden, ciertas formas a la vez son denunciables y la T.V. puede ser para ello el mejor medio. Es el control del desorden, pero también es el desorden del control. “Te ve o no te ve”.

How ever, el gran Groucho Marx comentaba que “encontraba a la televisión muy educativa, cada vez que alguien la encendía, se retiraba a otra habitación a leer un libro”. Sobre este “marxismo histórico” hay una gran recomendación de “marxismo cómico” para persuadirnos de como consumir de otra manera lo que ahí se transmite.

Cuando niños, -en el caso particular de la generación que aquí exponemos en esta muestra y por el hecho de ser mexicanos-, había un personaje ficticio llamado CORCOLITO. Era un vigilante que solía posarse sobre los hombros casposos de un conductor de televisión llamado Tío Gamboín. Corcolito era un televigilante. Chale. Este mismo denunciaba públicamente delitos infantiles que podían llevar a la vergüenza o a la humillación pública. Así mismo, este cinismo de personaje aplaudía a todos aquellos que llevaban un comportamiento regular. Y vuelvo a escribir “regular”, entre comillas. ¡Fanfarrias para los chamacones que estaban alienados!.

Los niños no teníamos la culpa de ser niños. Otra vez el Tío GamBOLÍN. Y con ello mismo el hecho de no tomarse la sopa suscitaría la burla de nuestros amiguitos o compañeritos en la escuela o de quienes veían el programa que se transmitía entre caricatura y caricatura. Quizás el hecho real era que nuestra madre no era buena cocinera, -y que en mi caso si lo era y lo es- o bien que la sopa se había enfriado mientras espiamos a la vecina. La fortuna fue que nunca fuimos denunciados por el riesgo a salirnos un pelo en la mano. Eso era llegar muy lejos. La denuncia era otro tipo de masturbación, aquí había una masturbación social. GamBOLÍN era un intermediario entre la voluntad de nuestros padres y el control de los medios.

“Aún hay más” solía decir unos de los conductores predilectos de la televisión privada en la década de los 80’s y parte de los 90’s. Raúl Velasco era el Don Francisco de ahora. Pero yo nunca lo veía, y la vez que lo ví ese “más” se ausentaba conforme el programa se transmitía. ¿más que?, ¿más basura?, ¿mas-turbación o chaqueta mental?.

En otros casos, artistas como Andy Warhol, consideraron que “la televisión era una inspira- ción”. Él mismo defendió esta postura con su obra, y con ello fundamentó una tesis que convirtió en filosofía de vida, estableciendo un estilo artístico influyente que permitió ver otro lado del consumismo.

Cada uno de nosotros debe de ser conciente de cómo consumir o construir su bienestar. En sus “Bitácoras del cruce” el performero MexTerminator Guillermo Gómez Peña apunta: …“TV or not TV”…