Film
TV Buddha
1974 · 1m
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Overview
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.
Crew
- Nam June PaikDirector
Media
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1974
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1m
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