
Audio Tape Head with Extension
Nam June Paik presented Random Access in his solo exhibition at Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal in 1963. Fragments of magnetic tapes unwound from a spool were attached to the wall, and visitors with a metal tape-head separated from playback equipment could scrape the point they wanted to listen to. After this exhibition, the playback head was lost and Paik reproduced it in 1964. The reproduced playback head, battery cable, and headphone connected to circuit board are assembled in a wooden box.
Artist
Nam June Paik
Date
1964-1965
Classifications
object
Dimensions
30x30x5cm
Medium
magnetic audio tape head with extension, circuit board, head phone, battery cable, plastic cover for audio or video tape, wooden box
Collection No
279