Online Live Talk
Theme: Narrative Media
-During the exhibition, a one-hour Talk session connected to the exhibition’s theme
will be live-streamed online once per day.
-Date and Time: Each session follows a different schedule.
Nam June Paik, through the world’s first satellite live broadcast, connected physically distant
presences and revealed how technology could reshape human perception, memory, and
modes of existence. His experiments planted in Korean society a new sense of the cultural
value of real-time connection, media convergence, and machine-human relations, forming
the foundation of today’s Korean digital media culture—especially in real-time streaming
and relationships with virtual entities. This program connects that context of liveness to the
way “media-based cognitive systems” are experienced today within online environments and
narrative media, bringing the interpretations of Prof. Dieter Daniels and Prof. Choi Woojung
to the audience.
Session 1. Liveness and Streaming : Prof.Dr. Dieter Daniels
-Greeting: Introduction of the connection between the exhibition and Paik’s concept of
liveness, and introduction of Prof. Dieter Daniels.
1) Lecture on topics from the book, focusing on liveness
2) German media culture and media narratives
3) Lead-in for the next program: discovery process of Nam June Paik’s thesis Study of
Schönberg, the transcription process (ZKM Archive), and the significance and necessity of
publishing the thesis in academia
-Q&A session
Session 2. First Public Presentation of Nam June Paik’s Unreleased Digital Score
‘Study of Schönberg’ / Guest Speaker: Prof. Choi Woojung (Seoul National University,
Department of Composition)
-Greeting: Reference to the music in Jeon Hyelim’s work—acknowledging Nam June Paik as a
musician. Explanation of the connection to the exhibition (liveness and narrative media).
1) Prof. Choi’s interpretation of Paik’s score, linked to Paik’s concept of broadcast liveness
2) The narrative nature of music (music as narrative media)
3) Discussion of the score’s digital transformation process, with a brief introduction to the
April performance
Note: The method of score presentation, detailed lecture content, and connections to our
exhibition will be finalized in consultation with Prof. Choi.
to be determined