Paik's Virtual Archive: Time, Change and Materiality in Media Art

Hölling, Hanna Barbara (2017). Paik's Virtual Archive: Time, Change and Materiality in Media Art Berkley: University of California Press

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In Paik’s Virtual Archive, Hanna B. Hölling contemplates the identity of multimedia artworks by reconsidering the role of conservation in our understanding of what the artwork is and how it functions within and beyond a specific historical moment. In Hölling’s discussion of works by Nam June Paik (1932–2006), the hugely influential Korean American artist who is considered the progenitor of video art, she explores the relation between the artworks’ concept and material, theories of musical performance and performativity, and the Bergsonian concept of duration, as well as the parts these elements play in the conceptualization of multimedia artworks. Hölling combines her astute assessment of artistic technologies with ideas from art theory, philosophy, and aesthetics to probe questions related to materials and materiality, not just in Paik’s work but in contemporary art in general. Ultimately, she proposes that the archive—the physical and virtual realm that encompasses all that is known about an artwork—is the foundation for the identity and continuity of every work of art.

Item Type:	Book (Monograph)
Division/Institute:	Bern Academy of the Arts Bern Academy of the Arts > Institute Materiality in Art and Culture Bern Academy of the Arts > Institute Materiality in Art and Culture > Contemporary Art and Media
Name:	Hölling, Hanna Barbara0000-0002-3063-4405
Subjects:	A General Works > AC Collections. Series. Collected works A General Works > AM Museums (General). Collectors and collecting (General) N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general T Technology > T Technology (General)
ISBN:	9780520288904
Publisher:	University of California Press
Funders:	[UNSPECIFIED] Dutch Scientific Foundation NWO
Projects:	[UNSPECIFIED] University College London, Department of History of Art [UNSPECIFIED] Bard Graduate Center New York [UNSPECIFIED] New Strategies for the Conservation of Contemporary Art
Language:	English
Submitter:	Hanna Barbara Hölling
Date Deposited:	06 Sep 2023 09:17
Last Modified:	06 Sep 2023 09:17
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Paik, Nam June Paik, media, materiality, media studies, museums studies, conservation, archive
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/19822