New Media in Art Ch. 3

The piece by Nam June Paik entitled Electronic Superhighway was an interesting piece to look at simply because of its vast amount of television screens creating repetition and also the size's of each television screen which gives the piece variety. The neon lights on the far right also sparked my interest because there is a lot going on and when I looked closer it appears to be the layout of the world map, (but I could be wrong) which I thought was very interesting to look at. Another piece that I was interested in was the piece by Fabrizio Piessi entitled Bronx and the first thing that caught my attention were the shovels and I thought it was a grave site but when I looked closer I figured out what they were. This is a very powerful piece because in this life material items are not eternal and we are constantly buying new gizmo's and gadgets when our "old stuff" gets old and worn out, which is a recurring cycle that will never end. Another piece that caught my interest was the piece by Mary Lucier entitled Last Rites and for some reason the first thing that popped into my head was the scene from poltergeist where the chairs awkwardly floated above the table.