Oratorium for One Prepared Video Player and Eight Monitors

Copyright artist(s) and courtesy argos

Artist(s)

Year

1989

Duration

01:00:00

Installation

Original format

U-Matic

Color

b&w

Color system

PAL

Availability

Distribution
Collection

The video player is positioned in the middle of the room. The magnetic tape rolls out of the player as a big loop which travels over several supports around the player. Surrounding this is a second circle of monitors on pedestals facing the centre of the player and the video loop. The sound on the magnetic tape is that of a male choir singing the famous football song ’You’ll never walk alone’ in four parts. On the monitors you can see a close-up of one of the singers. Through the proliferation of his image on the other monitors, it seems that the entire male choir is cheering for the magnetic tape.