TV Buddha
19741m
Director: Nam June Paik
One of Nam June Paik’s most iconic works, TV Buddha expresses the contrasts and parallels between East and West and between technology and spirituality in a very simple and direct way. A CCTV camera films a Buddha statue, which Paik bought from an antique store. Its static, silent image appears live on a round TV set, inspired by popular sci-fi imagery. Here the Buddha is both the viewer and the viewed image, mirroring our own experience as mass media consumers.
Runtime
1m
Language
English
Released
Jan 1, 1974
Runtime
1m
Language
English
Released
Jan 1, 1974
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