Nam June Paik was a Korean-born American artist. He worked with different styles of media. He was a composer, performer and was the very first video artist. Paik’s work showed how performance, music, video images, and the sculptural form of objects could be used in different combinations. Most of Paik’s performances were as much visual as a musical experience. For example, in his work “Hommage a John Cage”, Paik combined a pre-recorded collage of music and sounds with “on stage” sounds created by people, a hen, a motorcycle and other objects.
In 1963 Paik made his first video sculptures, “Exposition of Music- Electronic Television.” In this work, Paik scattered twelve television sets throughout an exhibit space. He modified the electronic components of these television sets in order to create unexpected affects. Another one of Paik’s installations is “TV Buddha.” In this work a statue of Buddha is sitting and facing its own image on a closed-circuit television.
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