E.S.P. TV live taping

Electricity is a woman travelling for love // The secret need for a radio listener // There's no magnetic separation

 A performance for the live taping event by the wonderful E.S.P. TV at the Arts Court Theatre in Ottawa, July 8th 2016.
Also part of the broadcast, live performances by Arturo Brisindi (Hard Science), Ian Birse & Laura Kavanaugh (Instant Places), Maayke Schurer, and a video by Chris Mullington.
With SAW Video's excellent support

E.S.P. TV is a project directed by New York media artists Scott Kiernan and Victoria Keddie. They utilize a mobile television studio to explore ideas around transmission, analog and digital media, and broadcasting. Through an ongoing series of live television taping events, E.S.P. TV places the control room of the TV studio on center stage, turning the means of production into a vehicle for performance. E.S.P. TV has held over 80 live taping events internationally and has aired over 95 episodes to date. They have also recently launched their Unit 11 mobile residency: a news van that has been re-outfitted with analog and digital electronic tools.

Below are some pictures of my intervention and a snapshot of Victoria and Scott (thanks to Petr Maur). Can't wait to see the video episodes !


Electricity is a woman travelling for love
Electricity is a C-section in our landscape
This woman is an antenna bleeding through the radio waves
Cycles pulses
It’s just her hair growing on the poles and rolled up in cables
Electricity is a woman travelling for
Now part of our love triangle
I call you, you text me
Always feels better when the radio is turned on


the secret need
the silent love affair with a listener
any listener
he doesn't have to know
and i don't have to know when it happens
blind date hog morse
it's just time to reach out to all surrounding bodies
and talk through them
and touch their most secret feelings
the secret need
the anticipated the silent love affair with a listener
any listener
and he doesn't have to know
and i don't have to know when it happens
blind date hog morse ex sex
it's just time to reach out to all surrounding bodies
and talk through them
and touch their most secret beings
and realize the secret need to make love to the waves

There’s no magnetic separation
Diodes magnetic heads
We paint the walls with waves