Critical Writing Index

Test Tube: Some General Instructions for Media Artists

by Virginia Wilde

Parallelogramme, Dec. 1981, v. 7, no. 2, pp. 16-17

A review of the exhibition Colour Bar Lounge by General Idea, which explores the presence of political and scientific ideologies in the work. The author describes the installation - which manifests in the form of a television show and image projections- and examines how parody is used and interpreted between the artist and the media.

ITEM 1981.026 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Test TubeGeneral Idea

PilotGeneral Idea

Standing OvationsGeneral Idea