Global Groove

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Global Groove is a pioneering 1973 video art work by Nam June Paik that explores global television culture through rapid montage, experimental editing, and a fusion of music, performance, and electronic imagery.

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instanceOf single-channel video
video artwork
artisticIntent to anticipate a future of global satellite television
to critique commercial television
to explore cultural hybridity
coCreator John Godfrey NERFINISHED
commissionedBy WNET/Thirteen NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Nam June Paik NERFINISHED
depicts global pop culture
television commercials and jingles
traditional and contemporary music performances
describedAs iconic early video collage
pioneering work of video art
duration approximately 28 minutes
editingStyle experimental editing
rapid montage
exhibitedAt Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED
Smithsonian American Art Museum NERFINISHED
Whitney Museum of American Art NERFINISHED
features dance performance
electronic image processing
music
television commercials
video synthesizer effects
featuresPerformer Allen Ginsberg NERFINISHED
Charlotte Moorman NERFINISHED
John Cage NERFINISHED
Merce Cunningham NERFINISHED
genre experimental film
video art
hasInfluenced contemporary video art
media art
inception 1973
language English
locationOfProduction New York City NERFINISHED
mainSubject electronic image
global television culture
mass media
medium color videotape
movement Fluxus NERFINISHED
video art movement
notableQuote This is a glimpse of a video landscape of tomorrow, when you will be able to switch to any TV station on the earth
partOfCollection Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED
Smithsonian American Art Museum NERFINISHED
productionCompany WNET/Thirteen NERFINISHED
usesTechnology color television technology
video synthesizer

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Nam June Paik notableWork Global Groove