Original video, 1990, remixed by Martin Schaffner & Max Spielmann, Hyperwerk Institute for Postindustrial Design.
In 1991, video artist Reinhard Manz published a videotape entitled "Fortschritt" (progress). He reflected on his experiences with changing technologies and his own concern to develop a counter language: "The progress of technology is compelling and even dominated us. (…) The progress towards ever finer image technologies carries us away from our origins and creates a distance to reality that only serves as decoration”. Since then, technical developments have exploded, video studios suitable for broadcasting fit in a bag-back. The digital presence intervenes with the physical presence; we are all always on air and on reception at the same time. The promise is as it ever was for all media: a further expansion in space and time or/and an additional prothesis of our bodies. What can we do - on stages, in concert halls, in museums or art spaces, in public? Turn on these electronic boxes by ourselves and develop new counter-media in our everyday life – DIY everywhere. A short video goes through technical developments from the first b&w video cameras to the current situation and opens up new approaches, followed by a discussion with Reinhard Manz.
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