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Sistine Chapel

0.0 0 mins Documentary   History   1993
Eidotech  
Director(s): Nam June Paik

Release Date: 13 Wed, Oct 1993

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.

Casts of Sistine Chapel

Shigeko Kubota

as Self

Charlotte Moorman

as Self / Performer

John Cage

as Self

Joseph Beuys

as Self / Performer

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