Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

"Good Morning, Mr. Orwell" was the first international satellite "installation" by Nam June Paik, a South Korean-born American artist often credited with inventing video art.

The event, which Paik saw as a rebuttal to George Orwell's dystopian vision of 1984, linked WNET TV in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris live via satellite, as well as hooking up with broadcasters in Germany and South Korea.

[citation needed] George Plimpton hosted the show, which combined live and taped segments with TV graphics designed by Paik.

John Cage, in New York, produced music by stroking the needles of dried cactus plants with a feather,[1] accompanied by video images from Paris.

[5] An edited 30-minute version of "Good Morning, Mr. Orwell" has appeared in a number of exhibitions, including In Memoriam: Nam June Paik at the Museum of Modern Art.

Pop singer Sapho performs "TV Is Eating up Your Brain", with video effects. In the lower left is a still image of George Orwell.
Merce Cunningham dances with satellite-delayed images of himself, overlaid with crawling text about George Orwell's time in Spain. In the background, Ástor Piazzolla plays the bandoneón .