The Archetron
The Archetron
1969, English. Directed by Thomas Tadlock.
By means of a console with innumerable knobs, switches, dials and other mysterious looking controls, three small TV monitors and a system of mirrors and color filters, Tadlock is able to compose on a TV screen constantly moving and changing colorful kaleidoscopic images. In ' accomplishing this, Tadlock uses all or part of three separate live broadcasts. It is now possible for this artist (or any other using the Archetron) in effect to create simultaneously works of art on TV screens in countless homes, thus making Nam June Paik's "Silent TV Station" possible. All that is needed is for a broadcasting organization, a closed circuit TV company or a cable TV company to avail itself of this remarkable development.
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- 0h 2m
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- English
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The Archetron isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 March 1969. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Archetron, try Pelé: Birth of a Legend, National Theatre Live: Hamlet, Hollow Man.
Who directed The Archetron?
The Archetron (1969) was directed by Thomas Tadlock.