Three Camera Participation/Participation TV (1969, 2001)
Three closed-circuit television cameras, tripods, custommade video booster amplifier, video projector and cathoderay tube monitor
The three CCTV cameras are each connected to the three primary colours of a video signal: red, blue and green. These are transmitted separately, splitting the live camera feed into overlapping coloured silhouettes. The resulting images are seen simultaneously on the monitor and projected on the wall in real time. Paik had made earlier works called Participation TV where the image was distorted or modulated in real time by audio signals, such as sounds picked up by a microphone.
[Tate Modern]
Nam June Paik
(October 2019 – February 2020)
The visionary artist who embraced mass media and new technology
Nam June Paik’s experimental, innovative, yet playful work has had a profound influence on today’s art and culture. He pioneered the use of TV and video in art and coined the phrase ‘electronic superhighway’ to predict the future of communication in the internet age.
This major exhibition is a mesmerising riot of sights and sounds. It brings together over 200 works from throughout his five-decade career – from robots made from old TV screens, to his innovative video works and all-encompassing room-sized installations such as the dazzling Sistine Chapel 1993.
Born in South Korea in 1932, but living and working in Japan, Germany and the US, Paik developed a collaborative artistic practice that crossed borders and disciplines. The exhibition looks at his close collaboration with cellist Charlotte Moorman. It also highlights partnerships with other avant-garde artists, musicians, choreographers and poets, including John Cage, Merce Cunningham and Joseph Beuys.
[Tate Modern]
Three Camera Participation/Participation TV (1969, 2001)
Three closed-circuit television cameras, tripods, custommade video booster amplifier, video projector and cathoderay tube monitor
The three CCTV cameras are each connected to the three primary colours of a video signal: red, blue and green. These are transmitted separately, splitting the live camera feed into overlapping coloured silhouettes. The resulting images are seen simultaneously on the monitor and projected on the wall in real time. Paik had made earlier works called Participation TV where the image was distorted or modulated in real time by audio signals, such as sounds picked up by a microphone.
[Tate Modern]
Nam June Paik
(October 2019 – February 2020)
The visionary artist who embraced mass media and new technology
Nam June Paik’s experimental, innovative, yet playful work has had a profound influence on today’s art and culture. He pioneered the use of TV and video in art and coined the phrase ‘electronic superhighway’ to predict the future of communication in the internet age.
This major exhibition is a mesmerising riot of sights and sounds. It brings together over 200 works from throughout his five-decade career – from robots made from old TV screens, to his innovative video works and all-encompassing room-sized installations such as the dazzling Sistine Chapel 1993.
Born in South Korea in 1932, but living and working in Japan, Germany and the US, Paik developed a collaborative artistic practice that crossed borders and disciplines. The exhibition looks at his close collaboration with cellist Charlotte Moorman. It also highlights partnerships with other avant-garde artists, musicians, choreographers and poets, including John Cage, Merce Cunningham and Joseph Beuys.
[Tate Modern]