The Collapse of PAL is a live audio-­visual performance by Rosa Menkman. Menkman originally performed the work on TV-­TV, an artist run television station in Denmark. The Collapse of PAL creates a narrative about the transition from analog to digital television and was performed in three parts: Eulogy, Obsequies, and Requiem for the blue plains of phosphor. Menkman created live-­glitched video using a NES gaming console, image bending, and a broken camera. She also created live sound using a cracklebox, DV-­compressed video bends, feedback, and Eurosignal. The full-­length performance is not available, but an 8 minute 30 second video documentation shows a clip of part one and Menkman’s narrative being typed during the performance. The narrative brings in a character named the Angel of History. The angel is the only witness of the execution of PAL, a color encoding system for analog television and its broadcasting. Menkman’s glitched video transitions between different eerie landscapes and a ghostly female’s face.

Source: The Collapse of PAL — 21st Century Digital Art