Transmission: Legacies of the Television Age - NGV

Overview

The NGV International’s latest exhibition will leave you with square eyes, as it explores a diverse range of artists work focused on television, sets and screens, visual broadcasting and the transmission of information. Transmission: Legacies of the Television Age will feature both Australian and international artists, with works dating back to the 1950s — when television was becoming popularised — and contemporary work from some of today's most prominent artists.

Video works by artists Nam June Paik, Ant Farm and Dara Birnbaum feature as part of Transmission, alongside print and photography by Anish Kapoor and Susan Fereday. Contemporary works by Elvis Richardson and Simon Denny will also be on display, and the large-scale, immersive installation Available sync 2011 by Lizzie Fitch and Ryan Trecartin is sure to be a highlight.

Transmission explores our move from being a passive to an active audience, looking back through history as well as offering suggestions as to what is to come in the digital age. The possibilities of which, as surely endless.

Image: Lizzie Fitch and Ryan Trecartin, Available sync (2011) NGV.