As discarded VGA monitors become as abundantly discarded as CRT televisions were a few years back, installations like the Low Res Media Facade (for Dockville 2010) are more and more possible. That’s not to discard Michael Schieben’s project—quite the contrary—it’s an earnest, gestural sign of things to come. And saddled with Processing, it’s an accessible route to the spirits of Nam June Paik and the video-wall pioneers.
