In the installation You are not what you have been taught, Justin Bitner couples vintage televisions emitting static noise with looping, digital videos of earthly phenomena. Because the television sets are analog, a now-unsupported technology, they transmit only visual “noise.” These dots of flickering static are the result of stray electromagnetic waves—residual radiation from the Big Bang. In a sense, the static is a translation of our universe as interpreted by outdated technology. The artist’s accompanying video—a looping projection showing the rhythms of the natural world—offers striking visual and aural similarities to the television static, like a digital echo of the analog. Exploring the interconnections between old and new technologies through sound and moving image, Bitner creates a meditative and immersive environment for contemplating the cyclical nature of existence.