Nam June Paik: Electronic Superhighway

Robots, video synthesizers, experimental music⁠-discover the multidimensional creative world of electronic artist Nam June Paik. Working across media since the 1960s, Paik established himself as an early innovator of video art, setting the scene for many of today’s contemporary art practices. Through groundbreaking performances, immersive artworks, and interdisciplinary collaborations, Paik established new approaches to music and television, and changed the way we look at screens.
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[@troysvisualarts]

I've been into video and vintage video effects for over 20 years and only discovered Nam June Paik in more recent years, his work is magnificent! I saw one of his great TV sculptures which was the Abraham Lincoln TV sculpture with video art displayed on the TVs at MONA Art Museum in Hobart, Tasmania, it was great to see in person!

[@wimgrundyearth5753]

IKR? My first TV art was in 1972: a sideways 14" b&w stuck in a wall sconce on uhf, so partying friends could adjust the image by dancing in front of it! Read the first book about video art: 📹 CINEMA by Gene Youngblood.

[@janenebookyworm2453]

I love this so much, thanks for posting

[@YoungShizzie]

nice !

[@wimgrundyearth5753]

"Nonsense American TV" is an oxymoron! American TV is anything BUT nonsense, as it appeals to the highest aspirations of human longing!

[@doppelganger_]

hey, could you please ellaborate, i don't get it

[@wimgrundyearth5753]

@@doppelganger_ like "jumbo shrimp"; "happily-married"; "military intelligence"!

[@doppelganger_]

@@wimgrundyearth5753 I get what an oxymoron is but I don't get the actual "nonsense American TV". What is the meaning behind it? how is it an oxymoron?

[@jl-dc6dt]

@@wimgrundyearth5753 I have to agree with you humbly

[@wimgrundyearth5753]

@@doppelganger_ I am using irony for humorous effect.