ikono.tv was founded to break barriers and make visual arts a natural part of everyday life. It fills the gap between the established art world and the global public.
Ikono.tv is a platform using television and internet as a transmission medium and digital technology to find new ways of looking at art. In contrast with most of the existing TV channels offering a cultural programming, ikono.tv treats video as an alternative platform.
We occupy a territory between exhibition and catalogue. One places an artwork face to face with the viewer; the other allows the reader to learn more in the comfort of their personal surroundings. ikono.tv brings as close a reproduction as possible into those surroundings, notifies, encourages interest, and ignites interaction with museums & galleries.
A network of museums, artists, art historians and creative producers are developing new ideas and concepts which adapt the popular media formats television and internet, to redefine them in an artistic way.
The artworks are screened without text or other written information. The ikono.tv programs are silent, unless sound is part of the work of art (such as with videos, animations, etc…). For each image, copyright holder, artist and content partners are credited at the end of the show as well as on the ikono.tv website. Further information related to the programs (exhibitions, artists, museums…) is available on the ikono.tv website. Information about the channel, the programming and the sponsors is given between the ikono.tv programs.