BYOTV

March 19-April 27th
New American Art Union
922 SE Ankeny
Portland, Oregon 97214

http://thevideogentlemen.wordpress.com/

In February 2009, the United States will add Dead Air to the acres
of accumulated Dead Media, pulling the plug on analog television
broadcasts. Subsequent waves of electronic waste are predicted
as consumers junk their abruptly obsolete receivers in favor of HDreadied
consoles.
Pre-empting the scheduled program of obsolescence, The Video
Gentlemen's BYOTV network launches a six-week season of
special reports in March 2008 engaged with this technocultural
turn.
Low-wattage transmissions emanate from an array of reconfigured
electronic detritus distributed around the gallery.
Telecommunication, and the distance implicit in its operation is
countered by a physical proximity prescribed by the limited range
of the BYOTV transmissions. Visitors are encouraged to "bring
their own TV," or borrow one from the gallery, intercepting
transmissions from their immediate airspace.
Awash with analog-only communiqués, the BYOTV airspace is
engineered for rabbit-eared receivers.

Reception March 22 New American Art Union 5-8 p.m.