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From 1926 to The Ring: How the First Televisor Birthed a Century of Screen Horror
Marking the 100th anniversary of John Logie Baird’s 1926 Televisor, this essay explores the uncanny and "abject" history of our favorite medium. By tracing the lineage from Baird’s domestic scrap-metal experiments to modern screen horror like The Ring and I Saw the TV Glow, we examine how television began not as a feat of progress, but as a flickering, "hauntological" event that forever changed the human gaze.
From 1926 to The Ring: How the First Televisor Birthed a Century of Screen Horror
Marking the 100th anniversary of John Logie Baird’s 1926 Televisor, this essay explores the uncanny and "abject" history of our favorite medium. By tracing the lineage from Baird’s domestic scrap-metal experiments to modern screen horror like The Ring and I Saw the TV Glow, we examine how television began not as a feat of progress, but as a flickering, "hauntological" event that forever changed the human gaze.
Alice Heaps
20 hours ago5 min read
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