Schneider, AlexandraAlexandraSchneiderStrauven, WandaWandaStrauvenHölling, Hanna BarbaraHanna BarbaraHölling2024-11-192024-11-1920132215122210.24451/arbor.19905https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.1990510.5117/NECSUS2013.2.HOLLhttps://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/32084Standing amidst the lively garden of the campus of the University of California, San diego, I am looking at the many television sets, buddhas, and elements of various electronic devices scattered around. as the first outdoor ensemble of the korean video artist Nam June Paik (1932-2006), the installation Something Pacific (1986) was installed here almost three decades ago. although meticulously trimmed, the grass grows over the sculptures just slightly – nature, as time, is taking over the arrangement. There is a particular feeling that is attached to this observation, a feeling of tranquillity, stasis, deactivation, perhaps meditation and somewhat religious emotion. This strangely-arranged ensemble, rather than putting malfunction on display, takes the viewer to the other side (perhaps to nostalgia), questioning the standard of what is expected of media – a desire or even demand to view a transmitted image. It is astonishing in its devotion to stillness and contemplation.enconservationNam June PaikruinstechnologytelevisionvideowasteAMN1NXT1article