
Distorted "Tele" Vision
1997-01-01 · 11 min · ★ 7.0
“The visual harmony of the landscape is disturbed by a screen that allows us to see into the distance (television). The film is composed of six scenes that feature a television in the landscape. The speed of the television (in NTSC) is 30 frames per second, and never changes in this film. But the landscape views pass at different speeds.” - Yo Ota
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- Yo Ota
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