As I have become more involved with video work I went down to see the Nam June Paik exhibition at the Tate. Jackie Passmore was kind enough to get us a slot in there with the audio tour. I really enjoyed the exhibition. There were a few surprises in there!! Some of the works seemed very satirical and some seemed to almost mock the future generation with our TV culture. Like he could predict the future! I have always been a little skeptical of video art and think that some can be a little pretentious at times, but it was great to see some original and intriguing pieces of video art. His sense of humor shined through in his work and I really enjoyed that. It was also good to see the birth of video art and how Paik's practice had developed.
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