Magnetic Scramble
Magnetic Scramble

Magnetic Scramble

March 31, 1968
1m

Overview

Magnetic Scramble is the first video work by Toshio Matsumoto. Here, the artist manipulates television images (of student demonstrations against the U.S.-Japan Security Pact) by holding a magnetic coil next to the monitor. Matsumoto later incorporated this piece into a scene of his film Funeral Parade of Roses (1969).

Director

Toshio Matsumoto