Zeno Reaches Zero
- Date of creation : 1976
- Country : United Kingdom
- Duration : 00:04:54
- Technical characteristic : Black & white
- Artist - Author : David Critchley
Description
"This was the first single monitor piece I made which could only have been realised on video. It was based on a conundrum - that of Zeno's paradox, where the number zero can never be reached by halving any number repeatedly, ad infinitum. However, this was over- ridden by being expressed through recording and re-recording a series of countdowns starting at 256. A second countdown was recorded from screen and a new 'counting head' appears at 128, then a third layer recorded with a new head coming in at 64, a fourth at 32, and so on through 16, 8, 4, 2, 1 and inevitably, 0, at which point the piece ends." D.C. (Source, website, Lux)
- Type : video
- Format : 1/2'' EIAJ Type 1