New media art is represented at the exhibition with Gretchen Bender's Wild Dead (1984), a two-channel dystopian video installation in the form of a stack of televisions.
A video installation showing moody black-and-white Manhattan holiday images, which is also Mr. Platt's firm's Christmas greeting, will be playing continuously on Mr. Hay's flat-screen television.
Paik transformed the arts through his video installations, sculptures, videotapes, television projects, performances, and writings.
Known for his large scale video installations, Paik turned to the television as a platform to explore man's relationship with technology.
The campaign includes, in addition to the installation, television commercials, print ads, posters, bus wraps, apps and a presence in social media and store windows.
Additionally, many urban apartment buildings had rules prohibiting external television aerials, and installation of an aerial, even if allowed, cost as much as $150.
The waterproof televisions come with installation instructions, but considering the complexity of the installation, it might be worthwhile to have it done professionally.
Using a setup similar to satellite television, the service requires installation of an antenna and modem.
Through Dec. 30 "Television," an interactive computer installation by Claude Closky, a French conceptualist, is either really dumb entertainment or a brilliant satire of electronic consumerism.
