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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Spin

via The Arcane Front

In the early 1990s, director/producer/new media artist Brian Springer learned that it was possible to pick up and record raw satellite feeds created by TV networks, including behind-the-scenes signals sent to TV shows’ control rooms that aren’t intended for broadcast (e.g., talk show sets during commercial breaks, people waiting to be patched in for an interview with a news anchor, etc.). Springer recorded these feeds through the 1992 American presidential election campaign and went on to create “Spin”, a most revealing behind-the-scenes probe into the media maneuverings of glorified handshakers and newscasters alike by way of unintended television…