TV â€?Boston, MA â€?1973 1973

Curator: Dennis Feldman's black and white photograph, "TV – Boston, MA – 1973," presents an intimate, almost voyeuristic scene. The immediate impression is one of starkness and quiet alienation. Editor: The texture is so pronounced; you can almost feel the shag carpeting underfoot and smell the dust accumulating on the television's surface. It speaks to the material conditions of life at the time. Curator: Indeed. The composition leads the eye directly to the television screen, a chaotic swirl of static that dominates the image's formal structure and, perhaps, the viewer’s attention. Editor: And consider the technology of the period, the bulky TV itself as a central piece of furniture, a container and transmitter of culture and commerce. What was it broadcasting into these living rooms? Curator: The grainy texture and high contrast create an unsettling atmosphere, suggesting a world mediated, distorted, and fragmented by the electronic screen. Editor: Right, it’s not just about formalism, it's the labor of manufacturing the tv, the consumption of media, the way these objects shape our lives. Feldman has masterfully captured that. Curator: A powerful convergence of form and content. Editor: Absolutely, a reminder of the way we consume—and are consumed by—the images around us.