The unique aesthetics and socio-cultural backgrounds of Nam June Paik's distorted images

The research is intended to contribute to the global art histories, cultural, visual culture, and critical media studies by examining the artistic approach and artworks of Korean-American artist Nam June Paik (1932 - 2006), who contributed much to our current visual culture environment. Paik’s television installations have been created through alternations of the television’s hardware; the distorted images that occurred through these artworks create an alternative style of image curating, in contrast to the standards of images imposed by the mass media. Apart from the socio- cultural scope of Paik’s artworks, the work focuses on his contributions to this alternative understanding of visuality. Paik’s experimental distorted images are convenient to be starting points to reconsider our visual habits and question what images evoke on us beyond their cultural, socio- political, and social importance.
Eda İrem Kartal
Masterarbeit Universität Klagenfurt 2021