our experience as consumers of mass media._
our experience as consumers of mass media._
Buddha
Buddha
Buddha
And a message about our
experience as consumers
of mass media._
read as a commentary on
how technology and media
could make society more
self-absorbed._
as a commentary on how
technology and media could make
society more self-absorbed._
expresses the contrasts
and parallels between
East and West and
between technology and
spirituality in a very
simple and direct way._
and parallels between East and West and
between technology and spirituality in a
very simple and direct way._
camera captures a Buddha
statue, which Paik bought
from an antique store.
Its static, silent image
appears live before it on
a round TV set, inspired by
popular sci-fi imagery._
a Buddha statue, which Paik
bought from an antique store.
Its static, silent image appears
live before it on a round TV set,
inspired by popular sci-fi imagery._
interfacing with reality.
Technology has become the body’s
new membrane of existence.”
- Nam June Paik, 1989_
inadequate in interfacing
with reality. Technology
has become the body’s
new membrane of existence.”
- Nam June Paik, 1989_
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