Transmission Print #213.1
William G. Larson American
Not on view
Larson used a primitive version of the fax machine to transmit and receive images and text over telephone lines--a device that translated visual material into sound and then translated the audible signal back into visual terms. On the receiving end, Larson sent the same sheet of paper through a DEX Teleprinter numerous times to record various transmissions in a single montage image. He also introduced an abstract, conceptually based element by transmitting sounds--sometimes rock music, sometimes his verbal descriptions of the images--that the receiving machine rendered as visual marks, the scrambled results of its attempt to decipher a message sent in unrecognizable code. Chance, performance, conceptual art, and non-traditional media are all elements of Larson's art.
