TELEVISION 1975-1976
MASAO MOCHIZUKI
Published by SNAP-Sha, 2001
Book Size 37 x 37 cm
Pages 80
Hardcover in slipcase
The entertainment society:
Masao Mochizuki documented a year of Japanese television, creating an archive of the shows consumed over a 12 months period. Using a modified camera, he captured multiple images in a single frame, resulting in 35,600 individual images. These edits reflect the erratic fusion of culture, drama, and news that the television broadcasts in its endless cycle, and with it the arbitrariness of viewer enjoyment.
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The Entertainment Society:
Masao Mochizuki documented a year of Japanese television, creating an archive of the programs he consumed over a 12-month period. Using a modified camera, multiple frames are captured in the same frame, resulting in 35,600 individual images. These montages reflect as much the fusion of culture, drama, and information broadcast by television in its continuous cycle as the arbitrary notion of viewer pleasure.