VinylVideo
an invention by Gebhard Sengmüller,
in cooperation with Martin Diamant, Günter Erhart and Best Before
VinylVideo™ is a new, wondrous and fascinating development in the history of audio-visual media. For the first time in the history of technological invention, VinylVideo™ makes possible the storage of video (moving image plus sound) on analog long-play records. Playback from the VinylVideo™ picture disk is made possible with the VinylVideo™ Unit which consists of a normal turntable, a special conversion box (aka the VinylVideo™ Home Kit) and a television.
In it's combination of analog and digital elements VinylVideo™ is a relic of fake media archeology. At the same time, VinylVideo™ is a vision of new live video mixing possibilities. By simply placing the tone arm at different points on the record, VinylVideo™ makes possible a random access manipulation of the time axis. With the extremely reduced picture and sound quality, a new mode of audio-visual perception evolves. In this way, VinylVideo™ reconstructs a home movie medium as a missing link in the history of recorded moving images while simultaneously encompassing contemporary forms of DJ-ing and VJ-ing.
[go to www.vinylvideo.com]
[VinylVideo installation at Postmasters Gallery, NYC (images)]
[VinylVideo promotional pictures (images)]
[infomercial video]
[catalog (pdf )]
VinylVideo installation at Postmasters Gallery, New York City 2004
Click on preview pics for screensize images (72 dpi).
Click on "printsize" for high resolution images for print use (up to 20x30 cm at 300 dpi).
All files are copyright © 2000 by VinylVideo Inc. Permission to publish is contingent upon proper published
attribution to VinylVideo and the subsequent receipt by VinylVideo of a copy of the published material.
In the case of special requests or problems, please e-mail us at gebseng@gebseng.com
