
Visiola
‘Visiola’ is a research into recovering the obscure mirror screw mechanical television, a technique developed in the 1920s-30s that was forgotten with the advent of CRT television. My aim is to breathe new life into this forgotten technology. Discovering that not even a Wikipedia article exists on the mirror screw television, I continued my search through old websites, magazines, and articles to uncover its history.
In this work I want to draw attention to the evolution of screens and technology and the level of imagination, almost resembling witchcraft, and creativity that transcends through their design. I want to highlight how innovations have changed over time and what might have been. Through experimentation with mirrors, light and a motor, I have revived this technique in an abstract form, hoping to evoke the same sense of awe people would have felt when first seeing this machine a hundred years ago.