Vito Acconci Response

I could not follow this at all. It was like every paragraph was a brand new fever dream. In the first half I think I understood the idea that TV is a passive medium, so it's almost like you're streaming the thoughts of others right into your head. What about television distinguishes it as more passive than books? The visual element? And does it still hold true, is a TV show more passive (colder maybe, if I'm using that correctly?????) than say a podcast? Or a silent film? I was also following when we were comparing TV sets to paintings and sculptures before concluding that the set itself it more technology than are. I'd like to think we've surpassed that now maybe? If not then how could we? Then we started talking about sex, and TVs as sexless entities and I -

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