Abstract Time

Posted by amanda on 16/04/2011 · 1 Comment 

Nam June Paik on the Immeasurable Present

Time and Space Concepts in Music and Visual Art
Symposium, 1978

This panel discussion features Merce Cunningham, John Cage, & Nam June Paik.  About 12 minutes in, Paik begins to talk about the concept of time in video art, comparing the discovery of abstract time by video artists to that of abstract space by painters in the 1920’s & 1930’s.  The present, much like the notion of being, is immeasurable.

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  1. amanda's avatar amanda says:
    16/04/2011 at 13:23

    some current related exhibitions:

    out of synch: the paradoxes of time
    (featuring Bruce Nauman and Dan Graham)
    http://www.mudam.lu/en/expositions/details/exposition/les-paradoxes-du-temps-1/

    Juan Downey: the invisible architect
    MIT LIST
    http://listart.mit.edu/node/661

    CMS (Comparative Media Studies) Media Spectacle
    MIT Stata Center
    April 25, 6 PM
    http://cms.mit.edu/events/specialevents.php#042511

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