Nam June Paik Becoming Robot

My trip to visit the Asian Society took place on a snowy afternoon in early December. I went with my girlfriend and we were both skeptical about seeing art that consisted of Tv’s glued together in the shape of robots. We ended up being pleasantly surprised and disappointed when the exhibit was only two floors.
Nam June Paik was a innovative artist who created sculptures our of modern electronics. Displayed was a light bikini, which was a bikini made of lights, a television under a class chair looking up and many different robots made of televisions. The robots were kind of cute in a way which was appealing. The man and the woman robot were great, he used a round topped television to sculpt a dress.
There was a interactive exhibit that had three cameras that you could participate with. In the only room where pictures were allowed they set up three cameras facing you and an arrangement of different colored lights.

 The last section had Buddha’s as part of the television sculptures. It was funny and interesting to see the contrast between such a serene figure and a tv. A great trip, especially since Hunter students get in free.