  
_Image via [Kimchi and Chips](http://kimchiandchips.com/#483linessecondedition)_

Two long, opposing stretches of kevlar rope are used as a projection surface in Kimchi and Chips' second iteration of their _483 Lines _installation. Following on from [their 2014 project](http://www.kimchiandchips.com/#483lines), the piece celebrates the NTSC TV format, but brings it back into the world as physical lines and magnifies the analog TV to 52' wide and 8' tall.

Before digital TV, NTSC constructed images using 483 scan lines, which have now been replaced by pixels. Kimchi and Chips' installation pays homage to this with the rope, which is tensioned to 5000kg, but does so using the very thing that replaced it&#x2014;pixels. Situated in a gallery space, digital projections bring the ropes to life with stunning, fizzing geometric patterns.

"The audience is presented with highly parallel lines which contrast the darker space," [explain](http://kimchiandchips.com/#483linessecondedition) the artists. "Video projection is used to address each line with digital pixels, activating visual matter within the volume of string. The signal artefacts become a stream of visual mass within a panorama of moire."

The video has recently been released online but the pieces was commissioned last year for the [ACT Festival](http://actcenter.kr/?ckattempt=1) in Gwangju, South Korea and curated by [HOLO](http://holo-magazine.com/2/). See it in action below:

  
_Image via [Kimchi and Chips](http://kimchiandchips.com/#483linessecondedition)_

16,000 x 2,500 x 1,000 mm WHD

Two scenes of kevlar rope face one another tensioned to 5000kg. The audience is presented with highly parallel lines which contrast the darker space, building panoramic moire patterns. Video projection is used to address each line with digital pixels, activating visual matter within the volume of string.

This second edition of the 483 Lines was commissioned by the ACT Festival, Gwangju 2015, continuing to celebrate and interpret the non-constructive aspects of the NTSC television format.

http://kimchiandchips.com/#483linessecondedition

Curated by HOLO
Commissioned by Asian Cultural Centre, Gwangju
Sound design by Junghoon Pi
Videography by Kimchi and Chips
Thanks to Julian Ott, the students of Yonsei digital media design course, Soyoung Lee, Yoona Yang, Jin-Yo Mok, Filip Visnjic

483 Lines Second Edition - Long Cut

You can check out more of Kimchi and Chips work at their website [here](http://kimchiandchips.com/).

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