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Paik's virtual archive : time, change, and materiality in media art /

"Paik's virtual archive contemplates the identity of multimedia artworks by reconsidering the role of conservation in our understanding of what the artwork is and how it functions within and beyond a specific historical moment. Using examples by Nam June Paik (1932-2006), the hugely influe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hölling, Hanna (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Paik, Nam June, > 1932-2006 > Criticism and interpretation.
Paik, Nam June, > 1932-2006.
Video art > Themes, motives.
Video art > Conservation and restoration.
Multimedia (Art) > Themes, motives.
Multimedia (Art) > Conservation and restoration.
Restaurierung.
Videokunst.
Table of Contents:
  • Two works
  • Conceptual and material aspects of media art
  • Musical roots of performed and performative media
  • Zen for film
  • Changeability and multimedia art
  • Time and conservation
  • Heterotemporalities: film time, video time, and Paik time
  • The material and the immaterial archive
  • Archival implications
  • Conclusion: the many archai of conservation and curation.