Commercial for Videogate, 1982
ArtistNam June Paik,
Seoul
1932–2006
Miami
MediumVideoband, Color, U-Matic
Status
not on displayAccessionAcquisition 1982
Inventory numberZM1982.9
Contact
sammlung@kunstpalast.de
About the workThere is no television without advertising: it annoys, amuses, structures the programme and arouses desires as well as emotions in viewers. As a broadcast medium, television generates non-stop visual streams that invite us to switch between different channels. The South Korean artist Nam June Paik made the resulting dynamics, rhythms and disorder of images his creative instrument. This work is a fun and ironic collage that shows what television advertising does to attract everyone’s attention.