Paik s Virtual Archive: Time, Change, and Materiality in Media Art

Hanna B. Holling

ISBN 10: 0520288904 / ISBN 13: 9780520288904

Published by University of California Press, 2017

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Using examples of works by Nam June Paik (1932-2006), the hugely influential Korean American artist who is considered the progenitor of video art, he author explores the relation between the artworks' concept and material, theories of musical performance and performativity, and the Bergsonian concept of duration. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 color photographs, 24 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. . . 2017. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paik s Virtual Archive: Time, Change, and Materiality in Media Art
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520288904
• ISBN 13: 9780520288904
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In Paik’s Virtual Archive, Hanna B. Hölling 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. In Hölling’s discussion of works by Nam June Paik (1932–2006), the hugely influential Korean American artist who is considered the progenitor of video art, she explores the relation between the artworks’ concept and material, theories of musical performance and performativity, and the Bergsonian concept of duration, as well as the parts these elements play in the conceptualization of multimedia artworks. Hölling combines her astute assessment of artistic technologies with ideas from art theory, philosophy, and aesthetics to probe questions related to materials and materiality, not just in Paik’s work but in contemporary art in general. Ultimately, she proposes that the archive—the physical and virtual realm that encompasses all that is known about an artwork—is the foundation for the identity and continuity of every work of art.

About the Author

 Hanna B. Hölling teaches material culture, cultures of conservation, and postwar art history at the Department of History of Art, University College London. She was previously Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Professor, Cultures of Conservation, at the Bard Graduate Center in New York. Her research has been supported by Terra Foundation for American Art, Getty Foundation Residential Grant, Swiss National Science Foundation, and the Dutch Research Council. Among her publications are Revisions—Zen for Film, and co-edited volume The Explicit Material: Inquiries on the Intersection of Curatorial and Conservation Cultures.