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We only had the national TV program at home growing up. It started early in the morning and ended late afternoons. The rest of the time, the screen played a faint beep over SMPTE colour bands. I used to sit and stare at it before and after school, thinking that if I stared long enough, something would happen. The world moved around me as I sat there absorbing the colours. This body of work, Sandwyrm Errors, has particular significance to me because so much of my childhood took place while watching SMPTE bands. Most times I watched in silence, sometimes I hummed to the beep, or even did my homework in front of it. Adult conversations and quarrels seeped through my consciousness as this happ...View all