TV Fighter (Cam Era Plane)
Synopsis
TV Fighter (CAM-ERA-PLANE), 1977 plays with the experiences of real-time and the video copy, presenting in several iterations a fragment of World War II footage taken from the point of view of a fighter plane as it machine-guns targets on land and sea. Using a Russian-doll structure of images repeatedly rerecorded and reframed, Hall toys with the viewer’s manifold experiences of live and recorded time: the historical time of archival footage, the live experience of watching it on a screen, the déjà vu of watching that “live” footage again on another monitor. This nesting of recorded images within other recorded images implies an emergent sensibility in which the present moment is continually being recorded and reframed by audiovisual apparatus, but crucially Hall’s approach to this phenomenon is as playful as it is provocative. (artforum)
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- David Hall
- Original Title
- TV Fighter (Cam Era Plane)
- Spoken Languages
- English
- Runtime
- 11m
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
David Hall
Department Leadership Roster
David Hall
Director
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What is TV Fighter (Cam Era Plane) about?
TV Fighter (CAM-ERA-PLANE), 1977 plays with the experiences of real-time and the video copy, presenting in several iterations a fragment of World War II footage taken from the point of view of a fighter plane as it machine-guns targets on land and sea. Using a Russian-doll structure of images repeatedly rerecorded and reframed, Hall toys with the viewer’s manifold experiences of live and recorded time: the historical time of archival footage, the live experience of watching it on a screen, the déjà vu of watching that “live” footage again on another monitor. This nesting of recorded images within other recorded images implies an emergent sensibility in which the present moment is continually being recorded and reframed by audiovisual apparatus, but crucially Hall’s approach to this phenomenon is as playful as it is provocative. (artforum)
Who directed TV Fighter (Cam Era Plane)?
TV Fighter (Cam Era Plane) was directed by David Hall.
Who stars in TV Fighter (Cam Era Plane)?
The principal cast of TV Fighter (Cam Era Plane) includes Not specified.
When was TV Fighter (Cam Era Plane) released and how long is it?
TV Fighter (Cam Era Plane) was released in 1977 with a total runtime of 11m.