Nam June Paik

Nam June Paik, TV Cello, 1971, video tubes, TV chassis, plexiglass boxes, electronics, wiring, wood base, fan, stool, color photograph
Collection Walker Art Center, Formerly the collection of Otto Piene and Elizabeth Goldring, Massachusetts Collection Walker Art Center T.B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 1992

The Aesthetics of Video: Panel Discussion, 8/18/72
Location: Walker Art Center Auditorium. Panel Discussion on new video art introduced by Dean Swanson. Panelists included Paik, Youngblood, Stoney, and Conners, the moderator was Drysdale. Tambellini and Ross participate from the audience.

All files are in RealAudio format.

Part 1, Track 1, 4:43
Introductions Part 1, Track 2, 3:16
Opening Remarks, Gene Youngblood. Discussion of video must include issues of technology, distribution, social issues--the unique characteristics of video compared to other art forms. Part 1, Track 3, 5:19
Opening Remarks: George Stoney. Film vs. Video. The freedom and realism of tape will eventually redefine the way we see film.
Part 1, Track 4, 8:15
Opening remarks: Nam June Paik. TV came out of radar technology--working with television is working with changing scanning lines. Video art is not necessarily videotape art--there is a big difference on videotape you see yourself as seen by others. Talks about being arrested in Minneapolis for indecent exposure (video bra work). Part 1, Track 5, 3:03
Opening remarks: Russell Connors. Recently attended a conference on public television. There is too much film on television. There should be more work created for purely electronic medium. Part 1, Track 6, 14:45
Drysdale: Can television become a serious forum for video art? Youngblood answers.
Part 1, Track 7, 11:15
Drysdale: Will video art be self-supporting? Supported by public or private sources? Stoney answers. Part 2, Track 1, 4:22
Drysdale: How has television influenced the development of other art forms--pop art, pop music etc? Paik answers. Part 2, Track 2, 6:44
Drysdale: Will existing museums include video or will there be new venues and distribution systems for video art--cable, closed circuit television? David Ross (curator, Evanson Museum, Syracuse, NY) answers from audience. Paik answers.
Part 2, Track 3, 13:38
Drysdale: Introduces Aldo Tambellini. Tambellini extended remarks (Distorted by Walker reverb) Youngblood comments on video art "It's like exploding an atomic bomb for purely aesthetic purposes." Part 2, Track 4, 9:35
Audience Question: How is video being used as a tool for social change? Stoney answers. Part 2, Track 5, 6:24
Audience Question: How do we get equipment?
Part 2, Track 6, 5:00
Audience Question: We already have information overload. Do we really need more specialty programming? Youngblood answers. Part 2, Track 7, 3:09
Connors: Public Television is never going to do the job that artists and society are asking cable and video to do. Audience Question for Paik: Do we not in fact have a duo cosmology in video which takes in the aesthetic on all levels? Paik begins to answer but tape runs out.

Part 1, Track 1, 4:43 Introductions	Part 1, Track 2, 3:16 Opening Remarks, Gene Youngblood. Discussion of video must include issues of technology, distribution, social issues--the unique characteristics of video compared to other art forms.	Part 1, Track 3, 5:19 Opening Remarks: George Stoney. Film vs. Video. The freedom and realism of tape will eventually redefine the way we see film.
Part 1, Track 4, 8:15 Opening remarks: Nam June Paik. TV came out of radar technology--working with television is working with changing scanning lines. Video art is not necessarily videotape art--there is a big difference on videotape you see yourself as seen by others. Talks about being arrested in Minneapolis for indecent exposure (video bra work).	Part 1, Track 5, 3:03 Opening remarks: Russell Connors. Recently attended a conference on public television. There is too much film on television. There should be more work created for purely electronic medium.	Part 1, Track 6, 14:45 Drysdale: Can television become a serious forum for video art? Youngblood answers.
Part 1, Track 7, 11:15 Drysdale: Will video art be self-supporting? Supported by public or private sources? Stoney answers.	Part 2, Track 1, 4:22 Drysdale: How has television influenced the development of other art forms--pop art, pop music etc? Paik answers.	Part 2, Track 2, 6:44 Drysdale: Will existing museums include video or will there be new venues and distribution systems for video art--cable, closed circuit television? David Ross (curator, Evanson Museum, Syracuse, NY) answers from audience. Paik answers.
Part 2, Track 3, 13:38 Drysdale: Introduces Aldo Tambellini. Tambellini extended remarks (Distorted by Walker reverb) Youngblood comments on video art "It's like exploding an atomic bomb for purely aesthetic purposes."	Part 2, Track 4, 9:35 Audience Question: How is video being used as a tool for social change? Stoney answers.	Part 2, Track 5, 6:24 Audience Question: How do we get equipment?
Part 2, Track 6, 5:00 Audience Question: We already have information overload. Do we really need more specialty programming? Youngblood answers.	Part 2, Track 7, 3:09 Connors: Public Television is never going to do the job that artists and society are asking cable and video to do. Audience Question for Paik: Do we not in fact have a duo cosmology in video which takes in the aesthetic on all levels? Paik begins to answer but tape runs out.