TV PLAY was a photographic installation created in 2004. The central idea of the project revolved around the influence of television on people’s everyday lives (at that time, the internet was still in its early stages).
Each piece in the installation was the result of a visual action: I placed a television displaying a selected image — inserted via a USB drive at the back of the device, a common feature in televisions of that era — and made it interact with a person’s body in various ways.
In this way, different aspects of daily life were connected to the television, creating a visual representation of the dependence and control that television exerted — and in many cases still exerts, though now in competition with the internet and its multiple platforms — over society in those years.
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Some of the works that make up the installation project.
TV PLAY, Sleep. 2005
Technique: 35mm Color Analog Photography. Portrait of a Plastic Art Performance
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TV PLAY, Food. 2005
Technique: 35mm Color Analog Photography. Portrait of a Plastic Art Performance
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TV PLAY, Cook. 2005
Technique: 35mm Color Analog Photography. Portrait of a Plastic Art Performance
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TV PLAY, Toast. 2005
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TV PLAY, Sex. 2005
Technique: 35mm Color Analog Photography. Portrait of a Plastic Art Performance
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TV PLAY, Erotic. 2005
Technique: 35mm Color Analog Photography. Portrait of a Plastic Art Performance
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TV PLAY was exhibited in numerous art salons, catalogs, and magazines. Below, I am showcasing some of these.
Nadal (red pullover) assembling the TV PLAY installation for the exhibition at the X Havana Biennial, Cuba. 2009
TV PLAY installation at the X Havana Biennial, Cuba. 2009
TV PLAY featured in the book La seduccion de la Mirada by Rafael Acosta de Arriba.
