vIdeogrammi
vIdeogrammi
With the Videogrammi set, a signed and numbered “illy collection” set was produced by Mitterteich for the first time. The, in 1932 in Korea born, American Nam June Paik incorporates art and technology. As a composer, performer, and video artist he played a pivotal role in introducing artists and audiences to the possibilities of using video for artistic expression. And that’s how he decorated the six “illy collection” espresso cups…as if they were television screens.
During studies at the Summer Course for New Music in Darmstadt in 1958, he met John Cage. Cage's ideas on composition and performance were a great influence on Paik. In 1959 Paik performed his composition Hommage a John Cage: Music for Tape Recorder and Piano. This performance combined a pre-recorded collage of music and sounds with “on stage” sound created by people, a live hen, a motorcycle, and various objects. With the face of John cage on one of the cups he brings another homage to this composer.
| artist |  Nam June Paik
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| type | 6 espresso cups, signed and numbered |
| copies | 50000 |
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| inside | illy collection |
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| other editions |
- illy collection for Harting, 1995 S/N - amici collection, S/N |
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