Sistine Chapel is an audio-visual collage of new footage and samples from Paik’s past videos, which featured many of his friends, collaborators, and public figures. It was Paik’s own way of summarizing his artistic career with video. The film installation consists of fast-paced and overlapping images that completely cover the gallery walls and ceiling—one of the most under-appreciated parts of architecture, according to Paik. With its electronic visuals and booming audio, interspersed with periods of silence, the immersive installation stands in stark contrast to the experience of its namesake.
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Shigeko Kubota
Self
Also in
My Father
KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–
Charlotte Moorman
Self / Performer
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"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
Guadalcanal Requiem
Merce Cunningham
Self
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Cunningham
Merce by Merce by Paik
John Cage
Self
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At Land
Joseph Beuys
Self / Performer
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Ludwig van
Felt TV
Nam June Paik Director
United States release May 8, 2021 · Produced in Germany
Production
Eidotech
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Germany
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Release dates
Italy · June 13, 1993
Premiere · 45th Venice Biennale, Italy
United States · May 8, 2021
Limited theatrical · SFMOMA - May 8 – October 3, 2021.
Italy
October 13, 1993 · Limited theatrical · 45th Venice Biennale, Italy - June 13 to October 13, 1993
Netherlands
March 14, 2020 · Limited theatrical · "The Future is Now" exhibition at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam - 14 mrt - 4 okt 2020
Singapore
December 10, 2021 · Limited theatrical · National Gallery Singapore - December 10, 2021 – July 17, 2022
South Korea
July 20, 2022 · Limited theatrical · Nam June Paik Art Center - from July 20, 2022 until January 24, 2023
United Kingdom
October 17, 2019 · Limited theatrical · "The Future is Now" exhibition at Tate Modern, London - Oct. 17 to Feb. 9, 2020.
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