The Grand Alliance Digital HDTV Prototype System Artwork - Limited Edition of 1

The Grand Alliance all-digital HDTV Prototype System Beginning with the February 1987 petition submitted to the FCC by the National Association of Broadcasters, Association for Maximum Service Television and over 50 terrestrial broadcasters, by February 1992 the America effort to select a replacement technology for the existing over the air NTSC II color television with an Advanced Television System had stalemated. The proponent field had been reduced from over 20 entries - with the final casualty the Japanese Hi-Vision/MUSE system - to four prototype technologies each developed by a consortium of electronics industry heavy hitters. Faced with the uncertainty and expense of another round of tests at the Advanced Television Test Center in Alexandria, Virginia and with the encouragement of FCC Advisory Committee on Advanced Television System (ACATS) Chairman Dick Wiley, AT&T, General Instrument, MIT, Philips, Thomson, Sarnoff and Zenith banded together in what became know as the Grand Alliance to produce a best-of-the-best all-digital HDTV system. Striving for the aesthetically intelligent fusion of art and technology, this series of “Techno-Artifacts” focuses on the development and deployment of HDTV and depicts prototype systems and historic moments. Mixed media, glitter, glass stains and hi-tech artifact materials, some of which are genuine remnants of the HDTV R&D effort, are among the materials applied to various surfaces such as Plexiglas, wood and canvas as Mr. Cianci integrates non-objective, optical, impressionistic and representational techniques to create a signature style.

Multi-paneled Mixed Media:Mosaic on Canvas

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:1

Size:90 W x 50 H x 3 D in

Number of Panels:2

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