Fields

Single frame video installation for 27 CRT TV sets.

One video frame can be seen in the TVs – an image which is divided in 27 equal parts. The video frame is based on a combination of two different images, that are made, using the layout principle of video  “fields” or “half-frames”. Although only one stationary image can be seen, because of the video imaging technique in CRT screens, an impression of illusory movement is created.

Installation produced with the support of RIXC.

Biography

Mārtiņš Ratniks (1975) lives and works in Riga, Latvia. Since 1997 he has participated in activities at the Centre of Electronic Arts and Media E-LAB and net radio Ozone. He is an active member of RIXC – Centre for New Media Culture and since 1998 a member of the artist collective F5. Mārtiņš Ratniks mainly works with the moving image media, creating video and mixed media installations, as well as live audio-visual performances in cooperation with artist collective Clausthome.