Digital Being: TV Being-Z4T-001(TV Being-005 2.0)
B/W CRT TV, Arduino, Distance Sensor, Camera, Relay, RF Module, E-waste Part
6.1(W) x 9.25(H) x 5.9(D) in.
15.5 x 23.5 x 15 cm.
2022
What if Nam June Paik's analog TV artwork, ‘Zen for TV,’ comes to life again with Digital Technology in this digital era?
I came across Zen for TV at the exhibition, “Art in Process: Part One” at Gagosian Gallery, and I remembered the story about the birth of the piece: While he moved the TV to the gallery, it was broken like it. He turned the broken TV 90 degree and put the title, Zen for TV. After I came back to my studio, I thought what if I could make it work again with Digital technology? I embedded the technology like a small computer, a relay, a distance sensor, a small camera, LEDs, and electronic parts inside an abandoned CRT TV. Now this homage TV piece can turn on the screen whenever you come close, when no one is there, it comes back to zen modes. It looks like a creature that opens and closes its eye depending on your presence. When you come closer, you can see what it is seeing, the glitches, through the screen. Welcome Paik
Digital Being: TV Being 005-18
B/W CRT TV, Arduino, Distance Sensor, Camera, Relay, and RF Module
6.1(W) x 9.25(H) x 5.9(D) in.
15.5 x 23.5 x 15 cm.
2016
"TV Being-005", one of the Digital Being series, develops consciousness by observing the outside through an internal camera and an antenna. Usually, it meditates by displaying lines on the screen like Nam June Paik’s “Zen For TV”, but when people come, it turns on the screen as if it opens its eyes to show its thoughts.
TV Being 005 Series at Hot Wood Arts, 2016
TV Being 005 Series has also been shown at Siggraph Asia 2018, Governors Island Art Fair 2016, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Pratt DDA Gallery, and Moniker Art Fair.