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Choco Drink TV

Object Details

Exhibition Label
Kota Ezawa made this playful mechanical television in homage to his one-time teacher, Nam June Paik, and presented it during the museum's 2012 celebration of Paik's birthday. Turning the wooden spoons changes the "channel," one scene giving way to the next. It is a modest gesture invoking Paik's presence and his influence on television, on Ezawa himself, and on contemporary art.
Watch This!: Revelations in Media Art, 2015
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Artist
Kota Ezawa, born Cologne, Germany 1969
Date
2012
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
Copyright
© 2012, Kota Ezawa
Medium
mixed media
Dimensions
10 x 8 x 3 in. (25.4 x 20.3 x 7.6 cm) irreg.
Type
Sculpture

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  • Asian American Artists and Selected Works
  • Television
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