The prophecy according to Paik

From Nam June Paik’s retrospective exhibition currently at Tate Modern, London:

I Never Understood Wittgenstein

Nam June Paik's I Never Read Wittgenstein (I Never Understood Wittgenstein) from the exhibition Hello World. Revision Einer Sampling at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin 2018:

Electronic Superhighway 2

More from the exhibition Electronic Superhighway (2016-1966) currently at Whitechapel Gallery, London ...

Nam June Paik:

Peter Sedgely:

Lillian F. Schwartz:

Jan Robert Leegte:

JODI:

Vuk Ćosić:

Manfred Mohr:

Vera Molnár:

Tony Longson:

I Never Read Wittgenstein

Nam June Paik at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin 2014:

Preoccupied Waveforms + Nam June Paik

Back to Toronto ...

It's a real disappointment most art galleries were still recovering from flood damage and closed when I visited NYC this past weekend.  But what I did happen to see there was really worth the trip.  One of my favourite is Haroon Mirza's sound and light installation Preoccupied Waveforms at New Museum's Studio 231.  The texts Mirza used:

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Can't find a good video on youtube.  For a taste of Mirza's electronic sound and installation, check out this Digital Switchover video from his own website - simply brilliant.

Now on the unstoppable electronic superhighway, new media installations have gone a long way since Nam June Paik's pioneering waves in the 60s.  Paik at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin 2012: