Data Integration Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royale Canadian Mounted Police, Nam June Paik
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Collection, 1990.30a-g
Components |
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| Quantity | Component | Note |
| 1 | laserdisc |
(1990.30a.5) Master copy received with the work. |
| 1 | videocassette, Betacam SP |
(1990.30a.5) Master tape received from the artist’s technician in 2001. |
| 1 | laserdisc |
(1990.30a.5) Exhibition copy |
| 3 | DVD |
(1990.30a.5) Exhibition copy |
| 1 |
laserdisc player, NTSC, SONY Corporation, Lasermax, Japan, LDP-1200, 103970 |
(1990.30a.4) |
| 1 | sculptural element |
(1990.30a)
Wooden television cabinet, cherry wood colour, placed on its back. The cabinet is composed of two sections (its base is not attached).
At the bottom of the base, a tray is attached to hold the television set TV11. An indentation on top of the element allows for the insertion of the front right leg of the wooden horse (1990.30b). |
| 1 | sculptural element |
(1990.30b) Wooden horse |
| 1 | sculptural element |
(1990.30c) Television cabinet, radio cabinet, wooden plate, painted in black, attached together.
Wooden television cabinet, painted in black and placed on the side (90° to the left).
Wooden radio cabinet covered in a brown fabric coated in plastic.
Inside the cabinets, the boards are prepared so that TV sets can be inserted. |
| 1 | sculptural element |
(1990.30d) Television cabinet, radio cabinet and wooden plate, painted in black, attached together.
Wooden television cabinet, painted in black and placed on the side (90° to the right).
Wooden radio cabinet, painted in brown.
Inside the cabinets, the boards are prepared so that TV sets can be inserted. |
| 1 | sculptural element |
(1990.30e) Wooden cabinet painted in red and placed backwards.
Inside the cabinet, the board is prepared so that a TV set can be inserted. |
| 1 | sculptural element |
(1990.30f) Element composed of four cabinets of different sizes and shapes.
Inside the cabinets, the boards are prepared so that TV sets can be inserted.
Element 1: wooden television cabinet, brown, placed backwards.
Element 2: radio cabinet painted in red.
Elements 3-4: television and radio cabinet painted in red.
Element 5: radio cabinet painted in red and placed on the side (90° to the right). |
| 1 | sculptural element |
(1990.30g) Felt hat |
| 1 | colour, cathode ray tube (CRT) TV set, Samsung, Korean, TC9803T, 61200503 |
(1990.30a.1), (TV11) Can be switched on with a remote control. |
| 1 | remote control, Samsung |
(1990.30a.2) Switches on the television set TV11. |
| 3 | colour, cathode ray tube (CRT) TV set, Zenith Electronics Corp., Mexico (assembling), F0920A, 921-25341083, 921-26340043, 921-26380504 |
921-25341083, (1990.30c.1), (TV8) 921-26340043, (1990.30d.1), (TV7) 921-26380504, (1990.30f.1), (TV1)
VHF/UHF/CATV outlet (used for the video signal during the montage) and the antenna outlet are located at the back of the cabinet. |
| 6 | colour, cathode ray tube (CRT) TV set, Heungyang ?, Hy-5009 ?, 890100290, 890100380, 890100399, 890100431, 890100414, 890100437 |
890100290, (1990.30c.2), (TV10) 890100380, (1990.30d.2), (TV9) 890100399, (1990.30e.1), (TV4) 890100431, (1990.30f.2), (TV2) 890100414, (1990.30f.3), (TV3) 890100437, (1990.30f.5), (TV6)
The device functions with a power source. On the side is an EXT. ANT. outlet used for the video signal during the montage. |
| 1 | colour, cathode ray tube (CRT) TV set, Korea electronics co., LTD, KTV, Korea, 13MAE, 39053471 |
(1990.30f.4), (TV5) VHF 75 Ω outlet (used for the video signal during the montage) and the UHF 300 Ω connectors are located behind the television set. |
| 1 | RF modulator |
(1990.30a.7) Attached to the sculptural element 1990.30a. |
| 4 | RF video amplifier distributor, Archer |
(D1), (D2) et (D3): attached to the sculptural element 1990.30f. (D4) |
| 2 | fan, Archer | Small fans attached in the interior of the sculptural elements 1990.30d and 1990.30c. |
| 1 | tension regulator | |
| wiring | Coaxial cables, power supply, power bar | |
Description |
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| Iconographic | Technical | Installation |
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The work is a video installation composed of old television and radio cabinets of different sizes and shapes displayed in their usual position, on their side or back, in which 11 colour CRT (cathode ray tube) monitors are inserted. Some cabinets are attached to one another and supported by a wooden horse. The installation is topped with a felt hat.
The television sets transmit images from the same colour video source, which is a looped montage presenting, among others, images of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police carousel or of Canadian flags. These images, produced by a laserdisc player, are perceived through Plexiglas or glass plates, as well as fabric and metallic grids placed in front of the cabinet openings. |
Images on the television sets are produced by a laserdisc player.
The video signal is at first transformed by an RF modulator and is then passed onto the RF video amplifier distributors to enter in the VHF 75 Q outlet or the TV external antenna outlet (EXT. ANT.).
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1- Ideally, calibrate the television sets before installation.
2- Clean the television screens, as required.
3- Place the base of the sculpture (sculptural element 1990.30a) and insert the television set TV11 in it.
4- Install the remaining sculptural elements according to the installation instructions.
5- Plug in the power bars.
6- Plug the laserdisc player into the RF modulator and into the corresponding power bars. The player must be placed in the sculptural element 1990.30a.
7- Plug in the RF modulator into the RF video amplifier distributor (D1).
8- Plug in the four RF video amplifier distributors, and then, into the corresponding power bars.
9- Insert, in order, the remaining television sets into the other corresponding sculptural elements and plug them in according to the installation instructions. All the TV sets should be turned on and the TV3-4-9-10 must be switched to VHF, VHF-LOW and TV mode.
10- Gather the fan electric cables using the connection caps (there is no polarity). Plug them into the power bar.
11- Install a timer.
12- Start up the installation.
13- Insert the laserdisc into the laserdisc player.
14- Switch on the TV11 using the remote control.
Dismantling: Follow the same procedure but in reverse. The black plates under the elements 1990.30c and 1990.30d should stay screwed onto the sculptural elements in order to facilitate the next installation.
Undo only the electric cables of the fan inserted in the sculptural element 1990.30d and leave the brown electric cable in the sculptural element 1990.30c during packing. |
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