Anyway, I've got (tennis) balls on the brain right now because the final "Grand Slam" tournament of the year, the US Open, is about to reach its climax. (Both the men's and women's semifinals are being played today, followed by the women's final tomorrow and the men's final on Monday.)
As such, I've also got tennis games on the brain--which is why I was immediately drawn to the following photo, taken by Clément Gault (aka designrecherche), when it appeared in the "Your Contacts" section of my Flickr homepage the other day.
Although I'd hardly describe the triptych (of sorts) as stunning, I quite like how it shows the progression from the first-ever tennis game, Pong, to the first somewhat-realistic one, Virtua Tennis.
Ha! Another comment in favor of this photo, which I just realized thanks to a Twitter friend: The TVs that are being used to play these games also progress from oldest to newest/most modern. Very interesting detail, IMO :)
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting art piece, honestly. I never thought of using televisions as a medium.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's much more interesting and impressive, I think, when you realize that the TVs are part of the triptych, too. Too bad I failed to realize that at first :P
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty clever. The more I think about it, the more I think it's pretty stinking amazing.
ReplyDeleteHa ha! You and me both, Justin :)
ReplyDeleteThat really is an impressive image. I would love to get three TVs like that in descending order of vintage. Itis quite brilliant, actually.
ReplyDeleteMe, too, Sean! That middle one especially brings back memories :)
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