Nam June Paik Tate Liverpool and the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Liverpool, UK, until 13 March 2011
A retrospective exhibition of visionary media art pioneer Nam June Paik reflects on our modern relationship with technology
EARLY in the 1960s, avant-garde composer Nam June Paik began experimenting with the wiring inside his TV. He learned how to manipulate the picture on his screen, bending and warping network broadcasts like free jazz.
In 1963, after accumulating and tweaking a dozen more televisions, Paik organised a gallery show in which people were invited to interact one-on-one with his contraptions – an…
