Sony Trinitron CRT and Headphones on Museum Pedestal

5 October 2017 · Paris

A Sony Trinitron CRT television sits on a stepped white pedestal in a gallery corner, two pairs of Sennheiser headphones resting on top, their cables trailing down in loose coils. The setup has the spare, deliberate look of video art — functional hardware repurposed as exhibit object. What reads as obsolete domestic technology in one context becomes the medium itself in another, the dark screen holding the viewer's attention precisely because it isn't showing anything yet.