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Name
Sendeschluss / End of Broadcast V
Author
Wolfgang Tillmans (GE)
Date of creation
2014
Courtesy of
David Zwirner, New York, London, Hong Kong, and the artist
Material
Chromogenic print mounted on Dibond aluminum in frame
Wolfgang Tillmans’ Sendeschluss / End of Broadcast V is the enlarged pixel pattern of television static, which occurs when there is no transmission or because of censorship or other, more forceful restrictions. Tillmans captured this image in 2014 from a hotel television in St. Petersburg. At the time, the Russian government was carrying out military interventions in eastern Ukraine in the aftermath of the Maidan Revolution, annexing Crimea, enacting anti-gay legislation, and restricting the dissemination of images of protests against the state. Given this context we can see the work as a picture of protest, as a subtle critique of the state.