All Star Video (1984) - Nam June Paik with Ryuichi Sakamoto (1984)
By Nam June Paik
In this videotape, Nam June Paik pays tribute to a number of pop stars in his pan-cultural pantheon. He re-enacts certain Fluxus musical performances of the 1960s and 70s including those with the destruction of a piano and the concert with Charlotte Moorman on the cello. A synthesised Sakamoto portrait, an interview with Charlotte Moorman, interviews with John Cage, Julien Back and Judith Malina for the Living Theatre by Sakamoto, a Korean musical piece by Sun Ock Lee, several piano performances by Joseph Beuys, a Laurie Anderson video, a song from Merce By Merce, a poem sung by Allen Ginsberg, John Cage's performance in Random Composition in Manhattan By Yi-King – all of this forms the musical world of this artist who studied music, wrote a doctoral thesis on Arnold Schoenberg and worked at the Studio Für Electronic Music in Cologne where Karlheinz Stockhausen conducted workshops. This title is available for exhibitions, screenings, and institutional use through Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), NY. Please visit the EAI Online Catalogue for further information about this artist and work. The EAI site offers extensive resources for curators, students, artists and educators, includ…
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