Home TV Installation, 1996, Grazer Kunstverein.
3tv program (3min.), exhibition of the photos of TV-spectators, lotto.

The project involved the organization of a short TV program. The principle of the program was to deal with the idea of "television" involving personal action, for example such as takes place in educational TV programmes in which a viewer is instructed how to prepare a specific meal, or even how to make a painting. At the same time the process of producing the "home-TV-installation" was conducted in the language of contemporary art, specifically utilising the banalization of that language.

The realisation consisted of what could be called an actual penetration of a regular TV-program. First, the artist, here appearing as a speaker, gave careful instructions on how viewers should organise the space around their TV-sets -thus creating a "home-TV-installation" creating a special view for them (a procedure ostensibly designed to help them better follow the program). The instructions consisted of advice on how to make a “home-TV-installation” using  objects usually present in the home. For example: "take a book and place it on the left side of the TV; to the right side please place one apple; place a few of your house-plants in front of the TV......." I   proposed several such models, based on my own logic. When the spectators completed their installations they were invited to take photos of the installations and send them to the exhibition address, together with their names and addresses. In order to stimulate them in that direction, I offered a typical TV-lotto game where the winner gets a prize. During the exhibition in the Grazer Kunstverein, I received  about 100 photos from participants in this special "lotto".
The award for the winner was a choice between a five minute appearance on live TV or a small pocket TV-set.