MARTINNOVAK

TV Machina

This body of work, "TV Machina," reflects my enduring fascination with technology and media. From an early age, I was captivated by how images are captured, transmitted, and displayed across various devices and formats. Growing up, I vividly recall watching black-and-white films on a massive, boxy television set. That monochrome screen was later replaced by an even larger color monitor, and the vibrant, dynamic images it displayed drew me in even further.

The ability to capture images became a kind of magic for me—an extraordinary power to freeze and relive life’s fleeting moments as if they had just occurred. When I finally held a camera in my hands, it felt as though I’d become a magician, preserving the ephemeral and making the intangible tangible.

Television technology, in particular, has profoundly shaped how we experience the world. It transformed living rooms into portals to new places, ideas, and stories, fundamentally altering our perceptions and interactions with reality. In "TV Machina," I’ve deconstructed and reimagined traditional TV sets, opening them up and re-wiring their interiors to create sculptural objects that symbolize the profound effects television has had on us.

These works are no longer functional televisions but evocative representations of the emotional, social, and psychological impacts of TV technology. By re-tooling these devices, I explore the boundary between nostalgia for the tactile, analog nature of early television and a critique of its pervasive influence in shaping collective consciousness.

"TV Machina" invites viewers to reflect on the ways technology mediates our lives and our memories, transforming how we connect with the world and with one another. It is both a celebration of the transformative power of media and a critique of the hold it has over our perception of reality.