Video Synthesis

ビデオ・シンセシス / 1969– / Technique / Video Art

Generating and modulating the video signal itself like an instrument. Nam June Paik and Shuya Abe's synthesizer turned the television from receiver into raw material, opening video art's technical ground.

Modulated signal / Feedback vortices / Waveforms made visible / Television sets repurposed

Video Synthesis — ナムジュン・パイク『TV Cello』（CC BY 2.0）Video Synthesis — パイクのビデオ・インスタレーション（CC BY 3.0）
ナムジュン・パイク『TV Cello』（CC BY 2.0） ／ パイクのビデオ・インスタレーション（CC BY 3.0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
the Paik-Abe video synthesizer / Steina and Woody Vasulka / modular video synthesis today

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