Image courtesy of http://stephan.barron.free.fr/, originally uploaded by Jimbo (Alan James Wellock).
Here Paik as created something that intimidates the viewer. The monitors as you can see are arranged in a 90 degree angle so that they create a corner. Here Paik is tackling the notion; is technology something to be sacred and worried of. Are all of its 45 monitors ganging up on you, planning and scheming our downfall. Even the name associates the technology with power and fear, are we ruled and enslaved by it like the citizens of anciant Egypt all thoughs years ago.
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