This first ‘Capsule Hotel’ was equipped with a 76 channel closed circuit cable TV system. A camera and television in each capsule enabled every inhabitant to receive and/or transmit into any other capsule hooked up to the system as well as the capability to channel surf through every other compartment. ( by changing the channel with a remote control)
The works on display are verbatim images captured randomly by the cctv system (without human intervention) throughout the duration of the piece, the period of several days leading up to and including the millennial new years eve of 1999/2000. the capsule monitoring system
The black and white electrostatic prints focus on 2 participants who are no longer with us,Judge Cal Chamberlain, and Cowboy Carlos Alvarez
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Jeff Gompertz is a media artist who’s piece the capsule hotel figured prominently in the concept and realization of Quiet / We live in Public.