Konrad Becker, AV-Arkki: Primetime and Lunch Hour: Northern Shipping Broadcast Company

Title:

Primetime and Lunch Hour: Northern Shipping Broadcast Company

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Filmmaker, Video Artist, or Animator(s):



• Konrad Becker
• AV-Arkki

Symposium:

• ISEA2004: 12th International Symposium on Electronic Art

Venue(s):

• Silja Line (Olympiaterminaali) , Helsinki , Finland

Medium:

Video Art

Artist Statement:

Primetime and Lunch Hour included Northern Shipping Broadcast’s short political documentaries.

Featured here is a selection from Northern Shipping Broadcast Company, curated by Konrad Becker. As co-founder of Public Netbase, a non-profit internet provider and a platform for the participatory use of information and communication technology, Becker’s short political documentaries are reflections of the role of new media in the political development of a democratic information society.

Category:

• Screening
• Video Art