Example of Contemporary New Media Art #3

Example of Contemporary New Media Art #3

My third example of contemporary new media art is titled “Unprojectable: Projection and Perspective”. It is a commissioned art form in which Tony Conrad addresses the massive area of the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. It uses the central bridge as a stage and exposes the audience to his most recent exploration of projection and long duration on a major scale. This projection starts off with a tremendous sound that fills the Turbine Hall that incorporates a buzzing pulse at 25 per second. It also mixes in a string quartet including Tony Conrad on violin, an electric drill and hand-held phonograph arms. Projection screens were erected on both sides of the central bridge. Behind the projection screens, performance activities included a live music performance and re-enactments of alternative film production processes Tony Conrad developed in the mid-1970s. The audience would be present on the floor below looking at the massive silhouette of Tony Conrad. All this took place in July of 2008.

A link to “Unprojectable: Projection and Perspective” by Tony Conrad is located below:

http://www.tate.org.uk/intermediaart/tony_conrad.shtm