Nam June Paik “Video Flag” , 1986 Nam June Paik, one of the foremost video artists in the world, was among the very first to use video as an art medium. From the outset Paik regarded video as much a sculptural medium as a programmatic one. It was not just the screen image that interested him but the television set itself—its tubes and electronic innards, its luminous screen surface, its cabinetry—which he took apart, rearranged, and put back together in elaborate multi-set constructions
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This arrangement of eighty-four television sets mimics the format of the American flag. Through electronic programming, the everchanging images flicker in a dazzling array across the zones of stars and stripes. This work is one of an edition of three video “flags” that Paik has created.