LE BRUIT DE L'IMAGE

"Look! There’s noise on the image. Something is flapping its wings in your TV set. It’s the flight of an angel passing through it. The rustle of Gabriel’s wings." The archangel Gabriel, a message expert, since he dictated the Koran to Mahomet, explains the invention of television through the operation of the Holy Ghost. The actor Enrique Ariman is all ears. A clown’s head with crazed eyes in front of the tronic effects of palpitations. The light, improvised music of a Casio settles on the voice-over discourse.

This video is part of a series of four texts about media ("Sermons") by Michel Bonnemaison. This video is the second "Sermon".