Waiting for Commercials

Waiting for Commercials

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 15, 1966

Runtime

0h 7m

Original Title

Waiting for Commercials

Director

Nam June Paik

Description

Waiting for Commercials is a hilarious compendium of Japanese TV commercials. "Beckett wrote 'Waiting for Godot' twenty years ago, but instead of Godot, TV commercial after TV commercial arrived". This early example of Paik's use of appropriated television imagery as pop cultural artifact was originally created for a performance piece of the same name, which featured Charlotte Moorman and her cello.